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Terminology Quiz Flashcards

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a-

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without

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ab-

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from

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-ac

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pertaining to

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ad-

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to, toward

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aden-, adeno-

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gland

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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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-algia

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pain

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ana-

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up, back

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andro-

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male

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angio-

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vessel

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anti-, ant-

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against

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apo-

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from

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arachn-

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spider

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arthro-

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joint

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-asis, -asia

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state

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-astro

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star

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atel-

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imperfect

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baro-

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pressure

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bi-

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two

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blast-

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precursor

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brachi-

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arm

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brady-

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slow

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bronch-

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windpipe, airway

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cardi-, cardio-, cardia

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heart

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-centesis

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puncture

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cerebro-

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brain

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chole-

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bile

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chondro-

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cartilage

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chrom-, chromo-

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color

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circum-

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around

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-clast

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broken

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coel-

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cavity

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contra-

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against

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cranio-

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skull

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cribr-

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sieve

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-crine

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to separate

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cyst-

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sac

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desmo-

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band

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di-

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twice

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dia-

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through

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diure-

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to urinate

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dys-

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painful

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-ectasis

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expansion

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ecto-

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outside

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ef-

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away from

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emmetro-

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in proper measure

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encephalo-

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brain

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end-, endo-

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inside

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entero-

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intestine

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epi-

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on

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erythema-

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flushed

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erythro-

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red

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ex-

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out, away from

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ferr-

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iron

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-gen, -genic

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to produce

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genicula-

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kneelike structure

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genio-

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chin

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glosso-, -glossus

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tongue

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glyco-

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sugar

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-gram

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record

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-graph, -graphia

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to write, record

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gyne-, gyno-

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woman

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hem-, hemato-

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blood

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hemi-

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half

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hepato-

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liver

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hetero-

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other

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histo-

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tissue

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holo-

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entire

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homeo-, homo-

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same

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hyal-, hyalo-

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glass

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hydro-

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water

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hyo-

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U-shaped

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hyper-

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above

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ili-, ilio-

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iliac

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infra-

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beneath

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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ipsi-

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itself

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iso-

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equal

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-itis

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inflammation

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karyo-

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body

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kerato-

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horn

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kino-, -kinin

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to move

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lact-, lacto-, -lactin

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milk

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-lemma

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husk

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leuko-

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white

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liga-

A

to bind together

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lip-, lipo-

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fat

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lyso-, -lysis, -lyze

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dissolution

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mal-

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abnormal

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mammilla-

A

nipple

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mast-, masto-

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breast

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mega-

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big

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mero-

A

part

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meso-

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middle

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meta-

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after, beyond

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mono-

A

single

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morpho-

A

form

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-mural

A

wall

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myelo-

A

marrow

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myo-

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muscle

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natri-

A

sodium

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neur-, neuro-

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nerve

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oculo-

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eye

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oligo-

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little, few

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-ology

A

the study of

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-oma

A

swelling

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onco-

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mass, tumor

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-opia

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eye

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-osis

A

state, condition

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osteon, osteo-

A

bone

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oto-

A

ear

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para-

A

a pair

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patho-, -path, -pathy

A

disease

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pedia-

A

child

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peri-

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around

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-phasia

A

speech

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-phil, -philia

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love

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-phobe, -phobia

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fear

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-phylaxis

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a guard

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physio-

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nature

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-plasia

A

formation

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platy-

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flat

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-plegia

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a blow, paralysis

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-plexy

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to strike

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podo-

A

foot

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-poiesis

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making

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poly-

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many

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presby-

A

old

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pro-

A

before

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pterygo-

A

wing

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pulp-

A

pulp

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retro-

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backward

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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sarco-

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flesh

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scler-, sclero-

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hard

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semi-

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half

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-septic

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putrid

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-sis

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state, condition

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som-, -some

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body

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spino-

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spine

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-stomy

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mouth, opening

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stylo-

A

stake, pole

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sub-

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below

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syn-

A

together

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tachy-

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swift

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telo-

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end

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therm-, thermo-

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heat

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-tomy

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to cut

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trans-

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through

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-trophic, -trophin, -trophy

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nourishing

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tropho-

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nutrition

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tropo-

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turning

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uro-, -uria

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urine

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Process

A

any projection or bump

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Ramus

A

an extension of a bone that forms an angle with the rest of the structure

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Sinus/Antrum

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a chamber within a bone, normally filled with air

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Meutus/Canal

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a passageway for blood vessels and or/nerves

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Fissure

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a deep furrow, cleft or slit

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Foramen

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a rounded passageway for blood vessels and/or nerves

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Trochanter

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a large, rough projection

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Crest

A

a prominent ridge

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Spine

A

a pointed process

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Line

A

a low ridge

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Head

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the expanded articular end of an epiphysis, often separated from the shaft by a narrower neck

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Neck

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a narrower connection between the epiphysis and diaphysis

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Sulcus

A

a narrow groove

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Fossa

A

a shallow depression

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Tubercle

A

a small, rounded projection

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Tuberosity

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a rough projection

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Facet

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a small, flat articular surface

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Condyle

A

a smooth, rounded articular process

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Trochlea

A

a smooth, grooved articular process shaped like a pulley

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