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Med Term 1101 Peterson > State Review - Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes > Flashcards

State Review - Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes Flashcards

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a-

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without, absence of

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ab-

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away from

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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-able

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capable

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-ac

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pertaining to

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acr/o

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extremity

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acou/o

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hearing

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ad-

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towards, to

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aden/o

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gland

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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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adip/o

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fat

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adren/o

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adrenal gland

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aer/o

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air

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af

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toward

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-al

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pertaining to

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alb

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white

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albumin/o

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albumin; simple protein

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-algia

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pain

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alges/i

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sense of pain

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aliment-

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food

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alveol/o

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alveolus; small hollow cavity

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amb/i

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both

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ambul-

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to walk

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amni/o

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amnion; inner fetal membrane

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an-

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without, absence of

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ana-

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up, back, apart

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andr/o

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male

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angi/o

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vessel

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ankyl/o

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stiff, crooked, bent

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an/o

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anus

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ante-

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before

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anti-

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against

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antr/o

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antrum; nearly closed cavity

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aort/o

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aorta; largest artery

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-apheresis

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removal

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aponeur/o

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aponeurosis; flat sheet of connective tissue

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append/o

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to hang from, appendix

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-ar

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pertaining to

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arche-

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first

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aria-

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air

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arteri/o

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artery

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arthr/o

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joint

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articul/o

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joint

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-ase

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referring to an enzyme

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-asis, -asia

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state or condition of

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-asthenia

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weakness, lack of strength

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astr/o

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star shaped

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-asthenia

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weakness, lack of strength

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at-

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to

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atel/o

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imperfect

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ather/o

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fatty plaque

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atresia-

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absence of a normal opening; occlusion

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atrl/o

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atrium; chamber

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audi/o

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hearing, sound

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aur/i

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ear

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aur/o

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goid

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aut/o

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self

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ax-

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axis

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azot/o

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nitrogen; urea nitrogen waste

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bacteri/o

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balan/o

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baro-

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bi-

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two, double, both

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bil-

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bile; fluid secreted by the liver

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bin-

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two, double

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bi/o

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bis-

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two double

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-blast

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embryonic; tissue building cell

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blast/o

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developing cell

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blephar/o

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brachi/o

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brady-

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bronchiol/o

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bronchiole; small tubes of the bronchus

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bronchy/o

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bronchus, airway

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bucc/o

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burs/o

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bursa (fluid filled sac)

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cac/o

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bad or ill

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cal-

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pebble, stone or calcium

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calcane/o

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calc/i

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lime, stone or calcium

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-capnis

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carbon dioxide

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carcin/o

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cancer of epithelial tissue

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cardi/o

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cart

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decay (in the tooth)

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carp/o

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cata-

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downward or down

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cec/o

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-cele

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caud-

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cell/o

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cellular-

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centa-

A

one hundred

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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cephal/o

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head, brain

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum, small hind brain

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cerebr/o

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brain, cerebrum; large outer brain

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cervic/o

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neck or neck of the uterus

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cheil/o

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chem/o

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drug, chemical

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chlor/o

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chol/e

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bile, gall

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chol/o

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bile, gall

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cholangi/o

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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chori/o

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chorion, outer fetal membrane

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chrome/o

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color, rainbow

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chondr/o

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-cide

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circum-

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-cise

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-clasis

A

break down

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-clysis

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-clast

A

destructive cell

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clavicul/o

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co-

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with together

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coccus(s)

A

round, spherical form of bacterial

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cocci(pl)

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round spherical form of bacteria

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coel-

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colla-

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col/o

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large intestine, colon

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colon-

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large intestine, colon

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colp/o

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com-

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with, together

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con-

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with, together

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coni/o

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conjunctiv/o

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conjunctiva; lining of the surface of the eye

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contra-

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against, opposite

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core/o

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pupil, heart

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corne/o

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cor/o

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cortic/o

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cortex or outer layer of a gland

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cost/o

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crani/o

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cranium, head, skull

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cribr-

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-crine

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to secrete

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crista-

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-crit

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to seperate

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cry/o

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crypt/o

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cubit/o

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culd/o

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cul-de-sac; a blind pouch

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cul-

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separating or dividing tissue

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cutane/o

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cyan/o

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cyesis-

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cyst/o

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-cyte

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cyt/o

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