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Sports Medicine terms Flashcards

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Dys-

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bad; difficult; disordered

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Hyper-

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excessive; above normal; abnormally increased

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Meta-

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change or alteration; situation occurring behind or after

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Sym-

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together; joined

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arthr/o-

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joint; articulation

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dist/o-

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stand away from

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my/o-

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a relationship to muscle

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orth/o-

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straight or erect; correct

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poster/o -

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the back; posterior to

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proxim/o-

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near the point of origin

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Edema

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medical term for swelling due to excess fluids

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-logy

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study of a certain subject

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Peri-

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surrounding or all around

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Quadri-

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divided into four parts

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ecchym/o-

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common bruise; blood in the tissues

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later/o-

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lateral or sideways; to one side

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medi/o-

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middle median

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neur/o-

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nerves; nerve; nervous system

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tendon/o-

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tissue band that connects the muscle to the bone; tendon

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-algia

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-pain

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-cyte

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-cell

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-itis

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-diseased or inflamed

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-kinesis/ -kinesia

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a movement that lacks directional orientation and depends on the intensity of the situation; movement

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-pathy

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feeling, disease; a method of treating disease.

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Intra-

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Inside/ into

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per

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Through, completely, by

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Supra-

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above

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chrondr/o-

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cartilage

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Dors/o-

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the back of the human body

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articul/o:

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joint

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-asthenia

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lack of strength

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burs/a:

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bursa: sac of fluid near joints

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femor/o:

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femur (thigh bone)

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-lysis

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breakdown; destruction; separation; loosening

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oste/o

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bone

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-scope

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instrument for visual examination

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tars/o

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tarsus; hindfoot or ankle

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tibi/o

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tibia(shin bone)

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Infer

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inferior/ below or towards the feet

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necr/o-

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dead, corpse,dead tissue

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vertebr/o-

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vertebra / backbone

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-Ary

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pertaining to

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-dynia

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pain

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-ectomy

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the surgical removal of something

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-ema

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condition

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Brady-

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slow

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Sub-

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under; below

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anter/o

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front

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clavicul/o

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clavicle (collar bone)

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kines/o, kinesi/o

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movement

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patell/o

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patella or knee bone

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path/o

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disease

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vascul/o

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(vessel) blood

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-al, -eal

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pertaining to/ pertaining to esophagus

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-logist

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specialist

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-osis

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condition, usually abnormal

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-trophy

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nourishment; development (condition of)

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cardi/o

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heart

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crani/o

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skull

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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humer/o

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humerus

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-ia

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condition

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-malacia

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softening

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phalang/o

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phalanges (fingers and toes)

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poly-

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many; much

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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scapul/o

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scapula; shoulder blade

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-tomy

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process of cutting

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uln/o:

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ulna (middle lower arm bone)

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-an, a

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no, not, without

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-clasia; -clasis

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erythr/o-

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epi-

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above, upon, on

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hem/o; hema/o; hemat/o

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kyph/o:

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muscul/o

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myel/o

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spinal cord; bone marrow

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-plegia

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paralysis, palsy

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radi/o

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x-ray, radioactivity, radius

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spondyl/o

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vertebrae, backbone

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-tome

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instrument used to cut

85
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Bi-

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Endo-

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within; in

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arteri/o-

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carp/o-

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carpals (wrist bone)

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fibul/o-

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pub/o-

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sacr/o-

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synovi/o-

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synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around membranes

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thrombo-

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-sclerosis

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-oma

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tumour, fluid collection, mass

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-penia

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deficiency

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Ab-

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Ad

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Inter

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coccyg/o

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coccyx (tailbone)

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cost/o

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herni/o

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lord/o

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curve; swayback

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stern/o

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-desis

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to bind; to tie together

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-ior

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pertaining to

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-scopy

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visual examination

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Anti

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hemi-

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post

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spina

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tachy

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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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maxill/o

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maxilla (upper jaw)

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rhin/o

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menisci/o

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-gram

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recording or picture

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ic, tic

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pertaining to

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-stenosis

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tightening

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hypo-

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defiency, below, under, less than norma

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onych/o-

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nails (of fingers or toes)

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-opia

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vision condition

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physi/o

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nature or function

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-pnea

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pod/o

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radicul/o

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nerve root

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semi-

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ton/o

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uni-

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vaso-

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vessel, duct, vas deferens

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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circum

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infra

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trans

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across/through

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ather/o

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dent/o

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gastr/o

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hist/o

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lip/o

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lumb/o

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phleb/o

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scolio

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-rrhagia

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bursting forth of blood

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-rrhea

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flow or dischage

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stasis

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stop or control

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pre-

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before, in front of

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tri-

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brachi/o-

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fibr/o-

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ocul/o-

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pulmon/o-

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retro-

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back, behind, backwards

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spir/o

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-ist

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specialist

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-opsy

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-phylaxis

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protection

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-physis

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-porosis

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condition of pores (spaces)

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abdomin/o

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amb/i

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around, on both sides,about

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ante-

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before; forward

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-gen

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substance that produces, that which generates

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-metry

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process of measuring

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micr/o

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muc/o

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ot/o

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pneum/o

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lung, air, gas

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por/o

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opening, passageway

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-stomy

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new opening (to form a mouth)

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-trophic

A

relating to development

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