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1
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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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aden/o

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gland

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adip/o

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fat

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amni/o

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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

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angi/o

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vessel

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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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axill/o

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armpit

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bi/o

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life

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that brach from the trachea to enter the lungs)

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cardi/o

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heart

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chem/o

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drug, chemical

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

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colon (large intestine)

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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encephal/o

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brain

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erythr/o

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red

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hem/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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inguin/o

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groin

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isch/o

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to hold back

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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laryng/o

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larynx

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leuk/o

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white

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lymph/o

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lymph (a clear fluid that bathes in tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body

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mamm/o

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breast

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mast/o

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breast

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morph/o

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shape, form

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35
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muc/o

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muscus

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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necr/o

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death (of cells or whole body)

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39
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nephr/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nerve

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41
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neutr/o

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neutrophil (a white blood cell)

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42
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nucle/o

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nucleus

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43
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ophthalm/o

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eye

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44
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oste/o

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bone

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45
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ot/o

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ear

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46
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path/o

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disease

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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48
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phag/o

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to eat, swallow

49
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phleb/o

A

vein

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plas/o

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formation, development

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pleur/o

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pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)

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pneumon/o

A

lungs

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pulmon/o

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lungs

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radi/o

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x-rays

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rect/o

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rectum

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ren/o

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kidney

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rhin/o

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nose

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sarc/o

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flesh

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splen/o

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spleen

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staphyl/o

A

clusters

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strept/o

A

twisted chains

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thorac/o

A

chest

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thromb/o

A

clot

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tonsill/o

A

tonsils

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trache/o

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trachea (windpipe)

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ven/o

A

vein

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-algia

A

pain

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-cele

A

hernia

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

70
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  • coccus (singular)

- cocci (plural)

A

berry-shaped : streptococcus

bacterium : staphylococci

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-cyte

A

cell

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-dynia

A

pain

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-ectomy

A

excision, removal, resection

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-emia

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blood condition

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-genesis

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condition of producing, forming

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-gram

A

record

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-logy

A

study of

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-lysis

A

breakdown, destruction, separation

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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tumor, mass, collection of fluid

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-opsy

A

to view

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-osis

A

condition, usually abnormal

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-pathy

A

disease condition

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-phobia

A

fear

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-plasia

A

development, formation, growth

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-ptosis

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drooping, falling, prolapse

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-scope

A

instrument for visual examination

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-scopy

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process of visual examination (with an endoscope)

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-stasis

A

controlling, stopping

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-stomy

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opening to form a mouth (stoma)

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-therapy

A

treatment

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-tomy

A

incision, cutting into

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-trophy

A

development , nourishment

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-er

A

one who

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-ia

A

condition

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-ist

A

specialist

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-ole

A

little, small

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-ule

A

little, small

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-um,-ium

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structure, tissue

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-us

A

structure, substance

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-y

A

condition, process

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-ac, -iac

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pertaining to

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-al

A

pertaining to

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-ar

A

pertaining to

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-eal

A

pertaining to

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-genic

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pertaining to producing, produced by or in

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-ic, -ical

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pertaining to

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-oid

A

resembling, derived from

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-ose

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pertaining to, full of

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-tic

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pertaining to

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