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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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ana-

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not, without

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anter/o

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front

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cervic/o

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neck; cervix

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coccyg/o

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coccyx

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crani/o

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skull, cranium

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cyt/o

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cell

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dors/o

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back

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dys-

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bad, difficult, painful, disordered

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epi-

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upon, over

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hist/o

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tissue

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hypo-

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under, below, beneath, less than normal

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-iac

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pertaining to

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ili/o

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ilium

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inguin/o

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groin

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inter-

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between

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-ion

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action, process

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later/o

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side

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lumb/o

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loins, lower back

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medi/o

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middle

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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pelv/i

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pelvis

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-plasm

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living substance

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poster/o

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back

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proxim/o

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near

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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-some

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“a body” of a specified type

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spin/o

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spine

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thorac/o

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chest

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umbilic/o

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navel

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ventr/o

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belly, front side

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vertebr/o

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vertebra

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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adip/o

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fat

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albin/o

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white

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caut/o

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burn

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cutane/o

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skin

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derm/o

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skin

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dermat/o

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skin

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erythr/o

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red

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hidr/o

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sweat

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hist/o

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tissue

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histi/o

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tissue

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ichthy/o

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fish

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kerat/o

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hard, horny

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leuk/o

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white

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lip/o

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fat

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melan/o

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black

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myc/o

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fungus

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onych/o

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nails

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pil/o

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hair

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scler/o

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hard

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squam/o

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scales

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trich/o

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hair

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xanth/o

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yellow

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xer/o

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dryness

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acetabul/o

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acetabulum

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-blast

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embryonic stage of development

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blast/o

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embryonic stage of development

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calc/o

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calcium

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calc/i

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calcium

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calcane/o

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heel bone

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carp/o

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wrist

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-clast

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to break

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-clastic

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to break

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clauvicul/o

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collarbone

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coccyg/o

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coccyx

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cost/o

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ribs

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crani/o

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skull, cranium

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femor/o

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femur

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fibul/o

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fibula

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gen/o

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to produce

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humer/o

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humerus

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ili/o

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ilium

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ischi/o

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ischium

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kyph/o

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humpback; pertaining to a hump

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lamin/o

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lamina

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lord/o

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swayback bent

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malac/o

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softening

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-malacia

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softening

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mandibul/o

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mandible (lower jaw bone)

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mastoid/o

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mastoid process

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maxill/o

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upper jaw

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metacarp/o

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hand bones

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metatars/o

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foot bones

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myel/o

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spinal cord or bone marrow

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olecran/o

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elbow

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orth/o

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straight

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oste/o

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bone

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patell/o

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kneecap

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patell/a

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kneecap

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pelv/i

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pelvis

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phalang/o

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fingers, toes

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-physis

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growth, growing

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por/o

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cavity, opening, passage, or pore

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-porosis

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porous; lessening in density

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pub/o

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pubis

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rach/i

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spinal column

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radi/o

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radiation; also refers to the radius

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scapul/o

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shoulder blade

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent

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spondyl/o

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vertebra

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sten/o

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short, contracted or narrow

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stern/o

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sternum

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tars/o

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ankle bones

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tempor/o

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temples of the head

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vertebr/o

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vertebra

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sphen/o

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wedge

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-oid

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resembling

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hemat/o

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blood

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-poiesis

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formation of

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cry/o

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cold

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bi-

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two, double

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hemi-

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half

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milli-

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one-thousandth

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mono-

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one, single

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nulli-

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none

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primi-

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first

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quadri-

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four

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semi-

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half

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tetra-

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four

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tri-

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three

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uni-

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one

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hyper-

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excessive

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hyp-

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under, below, beneath, less than normal

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hypo-

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under, below, beneath, less than normal

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multi-

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many

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poly-

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many, much, excessive

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ab-

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from, away from

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ad-

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toward, increase

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ambi-

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both, both sides

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ante-

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before, in front

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circum-

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around

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de-

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down, from

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dia-

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through

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ecto-

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outside

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endo-

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within, inner

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epi-

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upon, over

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ex-

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out, away from, outside

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exo-

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outside, outward

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extra-

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outside, beyond

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in-

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in, inside, within, not

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infra-

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beneath, below, under

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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juxta-

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near, beside

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meso-

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middle

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para-

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near, beside, beyond, two like parts

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peri-

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around

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pre-

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before, in front

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pro-

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in front, before

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re-

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back, again

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retro-

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backward, behind

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sub-

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under, below

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supra-

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above, over

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white

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purple

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without, not, no

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without, not, no

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not, without

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against

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against

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free of, to undo

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not

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in, inside, within, not

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self

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life

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life

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self

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slow

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down, from

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well, easily, good, normal

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different

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likeness, same

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same

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hydro-

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water

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individual

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beyond, after

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all

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through

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after, behind

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false

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joined, together

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joined, together

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rapid

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across

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beyond, excess

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surgical puncture

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crushing or breaking up

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binding or surgical fusion

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surgical removal

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record or picture

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an instrument used to record

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process of recording

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to make; to treat or combine with

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destruction or detachment

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an instrument used to measure

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-metry

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the process of measuring

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process of viewing

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surgical fixation

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surgical repair

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suturing

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an instrument used to view

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the process of viewing with a scope

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the surgical creation of a new opening

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-tomy

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incision into

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intentional crushing

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noun ending

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pertaining to

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toward, increase

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pertaining o

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sensitivity to pain

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pain

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pertaining to

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pertaining to; relating to

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something that…

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swelling or herniation

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to kill; to destroy

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cell

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pain

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noun ending

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pertaining to

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stretching or dilation

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stretching or dilation

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blood condition

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one who

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condition of

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that which generates

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generating; formation

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pertaining to; formation, producing

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record or picture

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an instrument used to record

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process of recording

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pregnancy

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condition

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specialist in a afield of study

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presence of an abnormal condition

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relating to the field of medicine, physicians, or treatment

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one who treats, a physician

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one who treats a physician

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medical treatment, medical profession

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pertaining to

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pertaining to

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specialist in a field of study

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pertaining to; capable

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action; process

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condition

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-ist

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practicioner

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ize

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to make, to treat or combine with

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-lepsy

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seizure or attack

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-lith

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stone

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-lithiasis

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presence or formation of stones

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-logy

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the study of

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-logist

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one who specializes in the field of study

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-lysis

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destruction or detachment

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-lytic

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destruction

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-mania

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a mental disorder; a “madness”

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-meter

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an instrument used to measure

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-metry

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the process of measuring

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-oid

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resembling

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-ole

A

small or little

280
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-oma

A

tumor

281
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-opia

A

visual condition

282
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-opsia

A

visual condition

283
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-opsy

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process of viewing

284
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-ory

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pertaining to

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-osis

A

condition

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

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decrease in; deficiency

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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-philia

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attraction to

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-phobia

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abnormal fear

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-plasia

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formation or development

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-plegia

A

paralysis

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-pnea

A

breathing

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-ptosis

A

drooping or prolapse

297
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-rrhagia

A

excessive flow or discharge

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-rrhaphy

A

suturing

299
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-rrhea

A

discharge; flow

300
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-rrhexis

A

rupture

301
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-scope

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an instrument used to view

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-scopy

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the process of viewing with a scope

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-stasis

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stopping or controlling

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-stomy

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the surgical creation of a new opening

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-tion

A

process of

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-tomy

A

incision into

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-tripsy

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intentional crushing

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-ula

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small, little

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-ule

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“small one”

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-um

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a suffix that identifies singular nouns

312
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-uria

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a characteristic of the urine

313
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-us

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a suffix that identifies singular nouns

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-y

A

condition; process (noun ending)

315
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-neo

A

new

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cardi/o

A

heart

317
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gastr/o

A

stomach

318
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chondr/i

A

cartilage

319
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peritone/o

A

peritoneum

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skelet/o

A

skeleton

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hem/o

A

blood

322
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angi/o

A

vessel

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macr/o

A

large

324
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phag/o

A

to eat

325
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pachy

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thick

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par/o

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beside, beyond, near

327
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seb/o

A

sebum

328
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ungu/o

A

nail

329
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canci/o

A

cancer

330
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sarc/o

A

flesh

331
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kel/o

A

fibrous growth

332
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crypt/o

A

hidden

333
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capit/o

A

head

334
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corpor/o

A

body

335
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crur/o

A

leg or thigh

336
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ped/o

A

foot

337
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chondr/o

A

cartilage

338
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bucc/o

A

cheek

339
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electr/o

A

electrical, electricity

340
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fasci/o

A

band of fibrous tissue

341
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fibr/o

A

fiber

342
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leiomy/o

A

smooth muscle

343
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my/o

A

muscle

344
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myos/o

A

muscle

345
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pector/o

A

pertaining to the chest

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rhabdomy/o

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striated muscle, skeletal muscle

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troph/o

A

development

352
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ankyl/o

A

stiff

353
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arthr/o

A

joint

354
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articul/o

A

joint

355
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burs/o

A

bursa

356
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ligament/o

A

ligament

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ten/o

A

tendon

358
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tendin/o

A

tendon

359
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tend/o

A

tendon

360
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alges/o

A

sensitivity to pain

361
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-asthenia

A

strength

362
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cerebell/o

A

cerebellum

363
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cerebr/o

A

cerebellum

364
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encephal/o

A

brain

365
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-esthesia

A

sensation or feeling

366
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esthesi/o

A

feeling, sensation

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gli/o

A

neuroglia or gluey substance

368
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-kinesia

A

movement

369
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kinesi/o

A

movement

370
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-lexia

A

reading

371
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mening/o

A

meninges

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narc/o

A

sleep

373
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neur/o

A

nerve

374
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-paresis

A

partial paralysis

375
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-phasia

A

partial paralysis

376
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-plegia

A

paralysis

377
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-praxia

A

perform

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thec/o

A

sheath

379
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ton/o

A

tension, tone

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ventricul/o

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ventricle of the heart or brain

381
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agglutin/o

A

to clump

382
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aniso-

A

unequal

383
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bas/o

A

base

384
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chrom/o

A

color

385
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coagul/o

A

clotting

386
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-globin

A

containing protein

387
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is/o

A

equal

388
Q

kary/o

A

nucleus

389
Q

morph/o

A

form/shape

390
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-phage

A

to eat

391
Q

-phoresis

A

transmission

392
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poikil/o

A

varied; irregular

393
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sider/o

A

iron

394
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spher/o

A

round;sphere

395
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thromb/o

A

clot

396
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immun/o

A

immune, protection

397
Q

lymph/o

A

lymph

398
Q

lymphaden/o

A

lymph gland

399
Q

lymphangi/o

A

lymph vessel

400
Q

mon/o

A

one

401
Q

alveol/o

A

alveolus

402
Q

bronch/o

A

bronchus

403
Q

bronchiol/o

A

bronchus

404
Q

epiglott/o

A

epiglottis

405
Q

laryng/o

A

larynx

406
Q

nas/o

A

nose

407
Q

pharyng/o

A

pharynx

408
Q

phren/o

A

mind; also refers to the diaphragm

409
Q

pleur/o

A

pleura

410
Q

pne/o

A

breathing

411
Q

pneum/o

A

lungs; air

412
Q

pneumon/o

A

lungs; air

413
Q

pulmon/o

A

lungs

414
Q

rhin/o

A

nose

415
Q

sinus/o

A

sinus

416
Q

trache/o

A

trachea

417
Q

aneurysm/o

A

aneurysm

418
Q

angi/o

A

vessel

419
Q

arter/o

A

artery

420
Q

arteri/o

A

artery

421
Q

arteriol/o

A

arteriole

422
Q

arther/o

A

fatty

423
Q

coron/o

A

heart

424
Q

echo-

A

sound

425
Q

-algesic

A

sensitivity to pain

426
Q

-orexia

A

appetite

427
Q

-systole

A

contraction of the heart

428
Q

-rhythmia

A

rhythm

429
Q

hepat/o

A

liver

430
Q

-lipid/o

A

fat

431
Q

ox/o

A

oxygen

432
Q

mal-

A

bad, poor

433
Q

noct/o

A

night

434
Q

amyl/o

A

starch

435
Q

append/o

A

appendix

436
Q

appendic/o

A

appendix

437
Q

-ase

A

enzyme

438
Q

bil/i

A

bile

439
Q

cec/o

A

cecum

440
Q

celi/o

A

pertaining to the abdomen

441
Q

cheil/o

A

lips

442
Q

chol/e

A

bile

443
Q

cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

444
Q

choledoch/o

A

common bile duct

445
Q

col/o

A

colon

446
Q

colon/o

A

colon

447
Q

dent/o

A

tooth

448
Q

duoden/o

A

duodenum

449
Q

-emesis

A

to vomit

450
Q

enter/o

A

intestine

451
Q

esophag/o

A

esophagus

452
Q

gingiv/o

A

gums

453
Q

gloss/o

A

tongue

454
Q

gluc/o

A

sugar, sweet

455
Q

glyc/o

A

sugar, sweet

456
Q

hepat/o

A

liver

457
Q

ile/o

A

ileum

458
Q

jejun/o

A

jejunum

459
Q

lapar/o

A

abdominal wall

460
Q

lingu/o

A

tongue

461
Q

odont/o

A

teeth

462
Q

or/o

A

mouth

463
Q

pancreat/o

A

pancreas

464
Q

-pepsia

A

state of digestion

465
Q

-phagia

A

to eat

466
Q

pharyng/o

A

pharynx

467
Q

peritone/o

A

peritoneum

468
Q

proct/o

A

anus or rectum

469
Q

rect/o

A

rectum

470
Q

sial/o

A

salivary gland; saliva

471
Q

sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

472
Q

-spasm

A

twitching; involuntary contraction

473
Q

splen/o

A

spleen

474
Q

steat/o

A

fat

475
Q

stomat/o

A

mouth

476
Q

-tresia

A

perforation

477
Q

aliment/o

A

nutrition

478
Q

an/o

A

anus

479
Q

-crine

A

secrete

480
Q

py/o

A

pus

481
Q

acr/o

A

extremities

482
Q

aden/o

A

gland

483
Q

adren/o

A

adrenal glands

484
Q

adrenal/o

A

adrenal glands

485
Q

andr/o

A

man, male

486
Q

cortic/o

A

cortex

487
Q

crin/o

A

secrete

488
Q

-crine

A

secrete

489
Q

dips/o

A

thirst

490
Q

-dipsia

A

thirst

491
Q

gonad/o

A

sex glands

492
Q

kal/i

A

potassium

493
Q

lact/o

A

milk

494
Q

myx/o

A

relating to mucus

495
Q

natr/i

A

sodium

496
Q

oxy-

A

sharp, quick

497
Q

parathyroid/o

A

parathyroid glands

498
Q

somat/o

A

body

499
Q

thym/o

A

thymus gland

500
Q

thr/o

A

thyroid gland

501
Q

thyroid/o

A

thryroid gland

502
Q

toxic/o

A

poisons

503
Q

-ropin

A

simulating effect of a hormone

504
Q

ambly/o

A

dull

505
Q

aque/o

A

watery

506
Q

blephar/o

A

eyelid

507
Q

conjunctiv/o

A

conjunctiva

508
Q

cor/o

A

pupil

509
Q

corne/o

A

cornea

510
Q

dacry/o

A

tears

511
Q

dacryocyst/o

A

tear sac

512
Q

dipl/o

A

double

513
Q

ir/o

A

iris

514
Q

irid/o

A

iris

515
Q

lacrim/o

A

tears

516
Q

mi/o

A

smaller

517
Q

nyct/o

A

night

518
Q

nyctal/o

A

night

519
Q

ocul/o

A

eye

520
Q

ophthalm/o

A

eye

521
Q

opt/o

A

eye, vision

522
Q

optic/o

A

eye, vision

523
Q

palpebr/o

A

eyelid

524
Q

phac/o

A

lens

525
Q

phak/o

A

lens

526
Q

phot/o

A

light

527
Q

pupill/o

A

pupil

528
Q

retin/o

A

retina

529
Q

scot/o

A

darkness

530
Q

vitre/o

A

glassy

531
Q

di/a

A

through

532
Q

ur/o

A

urine

533
Q

-etic

A

pertaining to

534
Q

-os

A

a suffix indicating a singular noun

535
Q

glycos/o

A

sugar, sweet

536
Q

toc/o

A

childbirth

537
Q

-in

A

enzyme

538
Q

-drome

A

that which runs together

539
Q

phe/o

A

dusky

540
Q

micr/o

A

small; smaller

541
Q

cycl/o

A

ciliary body

542
Q

-tropia

A

to turn

543
Q

mydr/o

A

widen

544
Q

metr/o

A

to measure; uterus

545
Q

presby/o

A

old age; elderly

546
Q

ne/o

A

new

547
Q

nat/i

A

pertaining to birth

548
Q

goni/o

A

angle

549
Q

pachy-

A

thick

550
Q

acous/o

A

hearing

551
Q

audi/o

A

hearing

552
Q

audit/o

A

hearing

553
Q

labyrinth/o

A

inner ear

554
Q

myring/o

A

eardrum

555
Q

ot/o

A

ear

556
Q

tympan/o

A

eardrum

557
Q

aur/o

A

ear

558
Q

auricul/o

A

ear

559
Q

bar/o

A

pressure

560
Q

cochle/o

A

cochlea

561
Q

salping/o

A

eustachian tube; also refers to fallopian tubes

562
Q

ser/o

A

blood serum

563
Q

staped/o

A

stapes

564
Q

albumin/o

A

albumin, protein

565
Q

azot/o

A

nitrogen

566
Q

bacteri/o

A

bacteria

567
Q

cali/o

A

calyx, calyces

568
Q

calic/o

A

calyx, calyces

569
Q

cyst/o

A

bladder, sac, or cyst

570
Q

glomerul/o

A

glomerulus

571
Q

ket/o

A

ketone bodies

572
Q

keton/o

A

ketone bodies

573
Q

meat/o

A

meatus

574
Q

nephr/o

A

kidney

575
Q

noct/i

A

night

576
Q

olig/o

A

few, little, scanty

577
Q

pyel/o

A

renal pelvis

578
Q

ren/o

A

kidney

579
Q

ureter/o

A

ureter

580
Q

urethr/o

A

urethra

581
Q

urin/o

A

urine

582
Q

vesic/o

A

urinary bladder

583
Q

balan/o

A

glans penis

584
Q

epididym/o

A

epididymis

585
Q

orch/o

A

testicle

586
Q

orchi/o

A

testicle

587
Q

orchid/o

A

testicle

588
Q

prostat/o

A

prostate gland

589
Q

semin/i

A

semen

590
Q

sperm/o

A

sperm

591
Q

spermat/o

A

sperm

592
Q

test/o

A

testis, testes

593
Q

vas/o

A

vessel; also refers to vas deferens

594
Q

zo/o

A

animal (man)

595
Q

-arche

A

beginning

596
Q

colp/o

A

vagina

597
Q

gynec/o

A

woman

598
Q

hyster/o

A

uterus

599
Q

mamm/o

A

breast

600
Q

mast/o

A

breast

601
Q

men/o

A

menstruation

602
Q

metr/o

A

uterus

603
Q

o/o

A

egg, ovum

604
Q

oophor/o

A

ovary

605
Q

ov/o

A

ovum, egg

606
Q

ovari/o

A

ovary

607
Q

uter/o

A

uterus

608
Q

vagin/o

A

vagina

609
Q

vulv/o

A

vulva

610
Q

muc/o

A

mucus

611
Q

-trophy

A

development, growth

612
Q

carcin/o

A

cancer

613
Q

ven/o

A

vein

614
Q

sept/o

A

infection

615
Q

anteri/o

A

artery

616
Q

lys/o

A

breakdown or destructoin

617
Q

lith/o

A

stone, calculus

618
Q

tox/o

A

poison

619
Q

drom/o

A

running

620
Q

son/o

A

sound

621
Q

amni/o

A

amnion

622
Q

culd/o

A

cul-de-sac

623
Q

-cyesis

A

pregnancy

624
Q

episio

A

vulva

625
Q

fet/o

A

fetus

626
Q

lact/o

A

milk

627
Q

nat/o

A

birth

628
Q

obstetr/o

A

midwife

629
Q

perine/o

A

perineum

630
Q

-tocia

A

labor

631
Q

vagin/o

A

vagina

632
Q

-para

A

to bear

633
Q

neo-

A

new

634
Q

-natal

A

pertaining to birth

635
Q

pyr/o

A

fire, heat

636
Q

cephal/o

A

head

637
Q

omphal/o

A

navel

638
Q

pedi/a

A

child

639
Q

rose/o

A

rose colored

640
Q

tetr/a

A

four

641
Q

caud/o

A

tail

642
Q

dist/o

A

away from

643
Q

axill/o

A

armpit

644
Q

nom/o

A

of or relating to usage

645
Q

aort/o

A

aorta

646
Q

cine-

A

pertaining to movement

647
Q

fluor/o

A

luminous

648
Q

tel/e

A

distance

649
Q

tom/o

A

to cut

650
Q

chem/o

A

pertaining to a chemical, drug

651
Q

onc/o

A

swelling, mass, or rumor

652
Q

papill/o

A

resembling a nipple

653
Q

scirrh/o

A

hard

654
Q

cata-

A

down, under, against, lower

655
Q

hypn/o

A

sleep

656
Q

ment/o

A

mind

657
Q

-phoria

A

emotional state

658
Q

schiz/o

A

split

659
Q

-thymia

A

condition of the mind or will

660
Q

geront/o

A

old age

Medical Terminology (27 decks)

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