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Vet Tech 1st Fall 2014 > Vet Tech Term Chapters 1 & 2 > Flashcards

Vet Tech Term Chapters 1 & 2 Flashcards

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A, An

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without or no

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Ab

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Away from

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Anti

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against

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Dys

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Difficult

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Eu

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Normal

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Endo

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inside

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Exo, Extra

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Outside

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Epi

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upper

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Hyper

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above, more than normal

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Hypo, Infra

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below, less than normal, under, below or beneth

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Inter

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between

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Intra

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within

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Meta

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beyond

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Per

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throughout

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Pre

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before

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Poly

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many

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Oligo

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little

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Post

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after

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Sub

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below, under, decreased

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Super, Supra, Ultra

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above, increased, more than normal

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Trans

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across

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Ectomy

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removal

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Pexy

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suture to stabilize

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Plasty

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surgical repair

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Stomy

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surgical opening

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Tomy

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cutting into

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Centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas

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Gram

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record of

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Graph

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instrument that records

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Graphy

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procedure that records

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lysis

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separation or break down

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Scope

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instrument to examine

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Scopy

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procedure to visually examine

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Therapy

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treatment

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Rrhagia or Rrhage

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brust

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rrhaphy (um)

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to suture

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rrhea

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flow

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rrhexis

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rupture

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algia and dynia

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pain

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itis

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inflammation

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malacia

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softening

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megaly

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enlargement

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43
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osis

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abnormal condition

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44
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pathy

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disease

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sclerosis

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abnormal hardening

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um (rrhaphy)

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suture

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47
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ILEUM

A

distal part of small intestine

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48
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ILIUM

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part of pelvic bone

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ventral

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belly

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dorsal

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back

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51
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cranial

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towards the head

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caudal

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towards the tail

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anterior

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towards the front of the body

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posterior

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rear of the body

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rostral

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towards the nose

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cephalic

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towards the head

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medial

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towards the midline (midsagittal plane)

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lateral

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away from the midline or midsagittal plane

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superior

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uppermost, about, toward the head

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inferior

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lowermost, below, toward the tail

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proximal

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nearest tot he midline or nearest of the beginning of the stucture (up and down)

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distal

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farthest away from the midline or farthest from the beginning of a structure (up and down)

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Palmar

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caudal surface of the FRONT paw including the carpus

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Plantar

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caudal surface of the HIND par including the sarsus

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midsagittal plane

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divides body into EQUAL left and right halves

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sagittal plane

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divides the body into UNEQUAL left and right parts

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dorsal plane (frontal plane or coronal plane)

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divides the body into dorsal and ventral parts

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Transverse plane

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divides the body in to cranial and caudal part (horizontal plane or cross sectional plane)

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Buccal Surface

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faces the cheek

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Occlusal Surface

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meets when you chew

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Labial Surface

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facing the lips

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Lingual Surface

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faces the tongue (lower jar)

73
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Palatal Surface

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tooth surface that faces the tongue (upper jaw)

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Maxilla

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Mandible

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Recumbent

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lying down

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adduction

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movement toward the midline

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abduction

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movement away from the midline

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Flexion

A

reduction of a joint angle

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extension

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increasing the joint angle

81
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Hyperflexion, Hypoflextion

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extending a join too far

82
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pan-

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prefix meaning all

83
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leuk/o

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combining form meaning white

84
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-penia

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suffix meaning deficiency or reduction in numbers

85
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Panluekopenia

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deficiency of all types of white blood cells WBC

86
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-ia

A

state or condition

87
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-ive

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performs or tends toward

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-us

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oste/o, oss/e, oss/i

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arthr/o

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chondr/o

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my/o

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fasc/i, fasci/o

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ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

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cardi/o

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arteri/o

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ven/o, phleb/o

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hem/o, hemat/o

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lympth/o

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lympth vessels, fluid, nodes

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tonsill/o

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splen/o

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thmy/o

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nas/o, rhin/o

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nose or nares

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pharygn/o

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trache/o

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laryng/o

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pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulm/o, pulmon/o

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or/o, stomat/o

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esophag/o

110
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gastr/o

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enter/o

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small intestines

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col/o, colon/o

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large intestines

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hepat/o

114
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pancreat/o

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ren/o, nephr/o

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ureter/o

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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urethr/o

119
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neur/o, neur/i

120
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encephal/o

121
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myel/o

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spinal cord

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ophthalm/o, ocul/o, opt/o, opt/i

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optic/o

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ot/o, audit/o, aud/i

125
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aur/i, aur/o

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external ears

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acoust/o, acous/o

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dermat/o, derm/o, cutane/o

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adren/o

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gonad/o

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pineal/o

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pituit/o

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thyroid/o, thyr/o

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orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, testicul/o

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ovari/o, oophor/o

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hyster/o, metr/o, metr/i, metri/o, uter/o

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uni- or mono-

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duo- or bi- or dyo-

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tri-

139
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quadri- or quadro or tetr- or tetra-

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quinqu- or quint- or pent- or penta-

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sex- or hex- or hexa-

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sept- or septi- or hept- or hepta-

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octo- or oct- or octa- or octo=

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novem- nonus- o ennea-

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deca- or decem- or dek- or deka-

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