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Roots Prefix Suffix Q-S Flashcards

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quadri-

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four

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quinque-

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five

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quint/i

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fifth

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rachi/o

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spine

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radi/o

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xray, radiation

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radicul/o

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nerve root

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ram/i

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branch

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re-

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back, again

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-receptor

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receiver

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-ceptor

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receiver

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rect/o

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rectum

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reflex/o

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to bend back

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reflect/o

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to bend back

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registrat/o

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recording

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relaps/o

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to slide back

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ren/o

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kidney

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respir/o

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breathe, breathing

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respirat/o

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breathe, breathing

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resuscit/o

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revive

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reticul/o

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netlike

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retin/o

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retina

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retract/o

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drawing back

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rhabd/o

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rod

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rhabdomy/o

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straited / skeletal muscle

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rhe/o

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flow, current, stream

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rhin/o

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nose

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rhiz/p

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root

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rhod/o

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red, rosy

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rhytid/o

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wrinkle

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rose/o

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rosy

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rot/o

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turn, revolve

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rotat/o

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turn, revolve

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-rragia

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excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge

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-rrhage

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excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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rrhythm/o

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rhythm

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-rubr/o

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red

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rubri/i

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red

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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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salping/o

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fallopian tube

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sangu/i

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blood

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sanguin/o

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blood

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sanit/o

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health

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sap/o

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soap

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sapr/o

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rotter, decay

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sarc/o

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flesh

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scaph/o

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boat-shaped

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scapul/o

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scapula

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scat/o

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feces

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scel/o

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leg

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-scelia

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leg

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schist/o

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split, cleft

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-schisis

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split, cleft

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schiz/o

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split, division

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scint/i

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spark

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scirrh/o

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hard

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scler/o

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sclera

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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scolec/o

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worm

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scoli/o

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crooked, twisted

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-scope

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instrument for visual examiniation

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-scopy

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visual examination

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scot/o

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darkness

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scrib/o

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script/o

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seb/o

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-sect

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secund/i

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sedat/o

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semi-

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semin/i

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senil/o

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old, old age

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sens/o

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feeling, perception

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sensat/o

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feeling, perception

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sensor/i

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-sepsis

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putrefaction, putrifying

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septic/o

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putrefaction, putrifying

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sept-

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septi-

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sept/o

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ser/o

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serum, serous

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sesqui-

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one and a half

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sex-

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sial/o

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sicc/o

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sider/o

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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silic/o

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silica, quartz

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sinistr/o

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sinus/o

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cavity, sinus

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sin/o

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cavity, sinus

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sit/o

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skelet/o

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soci/o

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social, society

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sodi/o

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compound containing sodium

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solut/o

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somat/o

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-some

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somn/i

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-somnia

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son/o

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span/o

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scanty, scarce

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction

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spasm/o

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involuntary contraction

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spectr/o

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image, spectrum

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sperm/o

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spermatozoa

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spermat/o

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spermatozoa

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sphen/o

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wedge, sphenoid bone

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spher/o

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round, sphere

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sphygm/o

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-sphyxia

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spin/o

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spinal cord, spine

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spir/o

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splanchn/o

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splen/o

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spondyl/o

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vertebrae, spinal column

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spongi/o

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spongelike, spongy

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spor/o

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spore, seed

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squam/o

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squamous, scales

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-stabile

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stable, fixed

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-stalsis

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contraction

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staped/o

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staphyl/o

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uvula, grape like clusters

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-stasis

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standing still, standing

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-stat

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device / instrument for keeping something stationary

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steat/o

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-stenosis

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narrowed, constricted

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sten/o

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narrowed, constricted

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stere/o

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sold, three dimensional

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steril/o

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stern/o

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steth/o

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sthen/o

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-sthenia

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stich/o

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-stichia

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stigmat/o

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mark, point

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stomat/o

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-stomy

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surgical opening

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strat/i

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strept/o

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twisted, curved

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strict/o

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to tighten, bind

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-stroma

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supporting tissue of an organ

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stroph/o

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sub-

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under, beneath

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succ/o

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suct/o

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sud/o

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sulc/o

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furrow, groove

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super-

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above, beyond

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supra-

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above, beyond

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suspend/o

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to hang up, suspend

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suspens/o

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to hang up, suspend

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sym-

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with, together

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syn-

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with, together

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symptom/o

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synaps/o

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point of contact, to join

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synapt/o

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point of contact, to join

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syndesm/o

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ligament, connective tissue

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synov/o

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synovia, synovial membrane

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syphil/o

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syring/o

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tube, fistula

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system/o

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systol/o

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contraction

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