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HOSA: Med Term > Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 4 > Flashcards

Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 4 Flashcards

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sacchar/o

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sugar

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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saliv/o

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saliva

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salping/o

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fallopian tube, auditory tube

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-salpinx

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fallopian tube

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saphen/o

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clear, apparent, manifest

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sarc/o

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flesh, connective tissues

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schiz/o

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division, to split

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scler/o

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sclera, hardening

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-sclerosis

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abnormal hardening/thickening

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scoli/o

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curved, bent

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-scope

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instrument for visual exam

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-scopic

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pertaining to visual exam

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-scopy

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visual exam w/scope

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-scop-

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observe

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scot/o

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darkness

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script/o

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write

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scrot/o

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bag/pouch, scrotum

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seb/o

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sebum

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secret/o

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produce, separate out

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sesct/o

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cut, cutting

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semi-

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half

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semin/i

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semen, seed, sperm

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sen/o

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old age

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sens/o

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feeling, sensation

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sensitiv/o

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sensitive to, affected by

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sept/o

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infection, partition, wall, partition

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ser/o

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serum, serous

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sial/o

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saliva, salivary gland

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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sin/o, sinus/o

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hollow, sinus

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sinsitr/o

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left, left side

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sinus/o

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sinus

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-sis

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state, condition

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-sit/u

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place

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soci/o

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companion, fellow, being

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-sol

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solution

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somat/o, soma-

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body

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somn/o

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sleep

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son/o

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sound

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-spasm, spasmod/o

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sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping

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sperm/o, spermat/o

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sperm, spermatozoa, seed

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sphen/o

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sphenoid bone, wedge-shaped

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spher/o

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round, sphere, ball

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sphincter/o

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tight band, sphincter

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sphygm/o

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pulse

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spin/o

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spine, backbone

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spir/o

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to breathe, coil

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splen/o

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spleen

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spondyl/o

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vertebrae, backbone

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squam/o

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scale, scale-like cell

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-stalsis

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contraction, constriction

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staped/o

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stapes

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staphyl/o

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clusters, bunch of grapes

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-stasis, -static

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control, maintenance of constant level, stoppage of flow

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steat/o

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fat, lipid, sebum

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sten/o

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narrowing, contracted

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-stenosis

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abnormal narrowing, tightening

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ster/o

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steroid, solid structure

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stere/o

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solid, 3D

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stern/o

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sternum

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steth/o

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chest

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-sthenia

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strength

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stigmat/o

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point, spot

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stimul/o

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goad, prick, incite

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-stitial

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pertaining to standing/positioned

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stom/o, stomat/o

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mouth, oral cavity

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-stomosis, -stomy

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furnish w/mouth/outlet, opening

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strept/o

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twisted chain, curved

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styl/o

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pen, pointed instrument, stake, column, pillar, tube

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sub-

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under, less, below

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sucr/o

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sugar

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sud/o, sudor/i

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sweat

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super-

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above, excessive, higher than

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supinat/o

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bent backward, lying on back

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suppress/o

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press down

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-suppression

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to stop

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suppur/o

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to form pus

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supra-

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above, upper, excessive

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-surgery

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operative procedure

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sym-

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w/, joined together

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symptomat/o

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falling together, symptoms

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syn-

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together, with, union, association

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synaps/o, synapt/o

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point of ocntact, to join

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syncop/o

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to cut short, cut off, faint

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synovi/o, synov/o

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synovial membrane, synovial fluid

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system/o

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body system, body as whole

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systol/o

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contraction, contracting

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-ula

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small, little

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-ule

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small one, little

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uln/o

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ulna

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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-um

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singular noun ending, structure, tissue, thing

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umbilic/o

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navel, umbilicus

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un-

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not

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ungu/o

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nail

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uni-

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one

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ur/o

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urine, urinary tract

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-uria

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urination, condition of urine

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-uresis

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urination

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ureter/o

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ureter

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urethr/o

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urethra

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urin/o

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urine, urinary organs

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urtic/o

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nettle, rash, hives

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-us

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thing, singular noun ending, structure, tissue

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uter/o

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uterus

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uve/o

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iris, choroid, ciliary body

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vaccin/o

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vaccine

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vag/o

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vagus nerve, wandering

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vagin/o

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vagina

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valv/o, valvul/o

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valve

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varic/o

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varicose veins, swollen/dilated vein

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vas/o

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vas deferns, blood vessel, duct

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vascul/o

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blood vessel, little vessel

115
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ven/o, veni/i

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vein

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vener/o

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sexual contact

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ventilat/o, ventil/o

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expose to air, oxygenate, aerate

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ventr/o

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in front, abdomen side of body

119
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ventricul/o

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ventricle of brain/heart, small chamber

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venul/o

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venule

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-verse, -version

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to turn, turning

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vers/o, vert/o

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turn, travel

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vertebr/o

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vertebra, backbone

124
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vertig/o

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whirling round

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vesic/o

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urinary bladder

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vesicul/o

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seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder

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vestibul/o

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entrance, vestibule

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vir/o

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virus, poison

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viril/o

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masculine, manly

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vis/o

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seeing, sight, vision

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viscer/o

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viscera, internal organ

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viscos/o

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sticky, thickness

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vit/a

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life

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vitr/o

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vitreous body

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vitre/o

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glassy, vitreous humor

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volv/o

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to roll, turn, twist around

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vulv/o

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vulva, covering

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tachy-

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fast, rapid

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tars/o

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tarsus, tarsal plate, ankle, (eyelid?)

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tax/o, taxi/o

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coordination, order

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-taxia

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muscle coordination

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techn/o

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skill

143
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tele/o

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distant, distance

144
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tempor/o

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temporal bone, temple

145
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ten/o, tend/o

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tendon, stretch out, extend strain

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tendin/o

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tendon

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tens/o

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stretch out, extend, tension, strained

148
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-tension

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pressure

149
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termin/o

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end, limit

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test/i, test/o, testicul/o

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testicles, testis

151
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tetra-

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four

152
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thalam/o

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thalamus

153
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thanat/o

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death

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thec/o

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sheath, case

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therapeut/o

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treatment

156
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-therapy

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treatment

157
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therm/o

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heat, hot

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thorac/o

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chest, thorax

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-thorax

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chest, pleural cavity

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thromb/o

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clot, thrombus

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thym/o

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thymus gland

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-thymia

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state of mind

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thyr/o, thyroid/o

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thyroid gland

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tibi/o

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tibia

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-tion

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process, state or quality of

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toc/o, -tocin

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labor, birth

167
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-tocia

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childbirth, labor

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tom/o

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cut, section, slice

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-tome

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instrument to cut thin section

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-tomy

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process of cutting

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ton/o

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tension, tone, stretching

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-tonia

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tone, tension

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tonsill/o

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tonsil, throat

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top/o

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place, location, position

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tors/o, tort/i

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twisted

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tox/o, toxic/o, tox/i

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poison, poisonous, toxin

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trabecul/o

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little beam, cross bar, mesh

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

179
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tract/o

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draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers

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tranquil/o

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quiet, calm, tranquil

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trans-

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across, through

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traumat/o

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injury

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tremul/o

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fine tremor, shaking

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tri-

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three

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trich/o

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hair

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trigon/o

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trigone

187
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-tripsy

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to crush

188
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trop/o

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to turn, change

189
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troph/o, -trophy

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development, nourishment

190
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-tropia

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to turn

191
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-tropin

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tube, pipe, hormone

192
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-tropic

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turning, affecting

193
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tub/o

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tube

194
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tubercul/o

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little knot, swelling, tuberculosis, small lesion caused by infection

195
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tuss/o

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cough

196
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tympan/o

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tympanic membrane, eardrum

197
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-type

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classification, picture

198
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What suffixes are noun endings?

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a, e, um, us, y, ae, i

199
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what suffixes mean pertaining to?

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ac, eal, ior, al, ical, ory, an, ial, ous, ar, ary, ic, ine, tic, ose

200
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what suffixes mean abnormal condition/disease?

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ago, iasis, osis, esis, ion, pathy, ,ism, ia, sis, nic

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