Word Elements P - Z Flashcards
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palat/o
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palate (roof of mouth)
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pan-
A
all
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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para-
A
near, beside; beyond
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-para
A
to bear (offspring)
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parathyroid/o
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parathyroid glands
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-paresis
A
partial paralysis
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patell/o
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patella (kneecap)
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path/o
A
disease
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-pathy
A
disease
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pector/o
A
chest
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ped/i
A
foot; child
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ped/o
A
foot; child
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pedicul/o
A
lice
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pelv/i
A
pelvis
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pelv/o
A
pelvis
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pen/o
A
penis
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-penia
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decrease; deficiency
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-pepsia
A
digestion
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peri-
A
around
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perine/o
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perineum (area between the scrotum [or vulva in the female] and anus)
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peritone/o
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peritoneum
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-pexy
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fixation (of an organ)
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phac/o
A
lens
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phag/o
swallowing, eating
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-phage
swallowing, eating
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-phagia
swallowing, eating
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phalang/o
phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes)
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pharmaceutic/o
drug, medicine
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pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
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-phasia
speech
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-phil
attraction for
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phil/o
attraction for
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-philia
attraction for
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phleb/o
vein
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-phobia
fear
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-phonia
voice
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phoresis
carrying; transmission
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phoria
feeling (mental state)
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phot/o
light
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phren/o
diaphragm; mind
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-phylaxis
protection
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-physis
growth
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pil/o
hair
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pituitar/o
pituitary gland
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-plakia
plaque
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plas/o
formation; growth
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-plasia
formation; growth
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-plasm
formation; growth
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-plegia
paralysis
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pleur/o
pleura
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-plexy
stroke
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-pnea
breathing
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pneum/o
air; lung
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pneumon/o
air; lung
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pod/o
foot
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-poiesis
formation; production
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poikil/o
varied; irregular
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poli/o
gray; gray matter (of the brain or spinal cord)
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poly-
many, much
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polyp/o
small growth
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-porosis
porous
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post-
after; behind
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poster/o
back (of the body), behind, posterior
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-potence
power
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-prandial
meal
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pre-
before, in front of
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presby/o
old age
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primi-
first
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pro-
before, in front of
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proct/o
anus, rectum
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prostat/o
prostate gland
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proxim/o
near, nearest
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pseudo-
FALSE
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psych/o
mind
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ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
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ptyal/o
saliva
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-ptysis
spitting
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pub/o
pelvis bone (anterior part of the pelvic bone)
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pulmon/o
lung
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pupill/o
pupil
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py/o
pus
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pyel/o
renal pelvis
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pylor/o
pylorus
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pyr/o
fire
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quadri-
four
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rachi/o
spine
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radi/o
radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side)
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radicul/o
nerve root
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rect/o
rectum
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ren/o
kidney
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reticul/o
net, mesh
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retin/o
retina
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retro-
backward; behind
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rhabd/o
rod-shaped (striated)
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rhabdomy/o
rod-shaped (striated) muscle
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rhin/o
nose
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rhytid/o
wrinkle
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roentgen/o
x-ray
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rrhage
bursting forth (of)
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-rrhagia
bursting forth (of)
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-rrhapy
suture
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rrhea
discharge, flow
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-rrhythm
rhythm
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rube/o
red
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sacr/o
sacrum
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salping/o
tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
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-salpinx
tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
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sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
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-sarcoma
malignant tumor of connective tissue
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scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
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schisis
a splitting
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schiz/o
split
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scler/o
hardening; sclera (white of the eye)
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scoli/o
crooked, bent
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scope
instrument for examining
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scopy
visual examination
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scot/o
darkness
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seb/o
sebum, sebaceous
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semi-
one half
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semin/i
semen; seed
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semin/o
semen; seed
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sept/o
septum
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septic/o
infection
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sequestr/o
separation
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ser/o
serum
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sial/o
saliva, salivary gland
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sider/o
iron
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sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
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sin/o
sinus, cavity
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sinus/o
sinus, cavity
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-sis
state of; condition
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somat/o
body
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somn/o
sleep
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son/o
sound
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spadias
slit, fissure
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spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
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sperm/i
spermatozoa, sperm cells
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sperm/o
spermatozoa, sperm cells
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spermat/o
spermatozoa, sperm cells
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sphygm/o
pulse
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sphyxia
pulse
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spin/o
spine
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spir/o
breathe
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splen/o
spleen
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spondyl/o
vertebra (backbone)
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squam/o
scale
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staped/o
stapes
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-stasis
standing still
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steat/o
fat
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sten/o
narrowing, stricture
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stenosis
narrowing, stricture
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stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
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steth/o
chest
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sthen/o
strength
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stigmat/o
point, mark
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stomat/o
mouth
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-stomy
forming an opening (mouth)
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sub-
under, below
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sudor/o
sweat
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super-
upper, above
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super/o
upper, above
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supra-
above; excessive; superior
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sym-
union, together, joined
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syn-
union, together, joined
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synapt/o
synapsis, point of contact
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synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
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tachy-
rapid
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tax/o
order; coordination
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-taxia
order; coordination
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ten/o
tendon
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tend/o
tendon
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tendin/o
tendon
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-tension
to stretch
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test/o
testis (plural, testes)
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thalam/o
thalamus
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thalass/o
sea
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thec/o
sheath (usually referring to the meninges)
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thel/o, theli/o
nipple
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therapeut/o
treatment
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therapy
treatment
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therm/o
heat
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thorac/o
chest
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-thorax
chest
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thromb/o
blood clot
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thym/o
thymus gland
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-thymia
mind; emotion
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thyr/o
thyroid gland
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thyroid/o
thyroid gland
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tibi/o
tibia (larger bone of the lower leg)
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-tic
pertaining to
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-tocia
childbirth, labor
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tom/o
to cut, slice
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tome
instrument to cut
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-tomy
incision
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ton/o
tension
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tonsill/o
tonsils
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tox/o
poison
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-toxic
pertaining to poison
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toxic/o
poison
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trabecul/o
trabecula (supporting bundles of fibers)
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trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
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trans-
across; through
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tri-
three
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trich/o
hair
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trigon/o
trigone (triangular region at the base of the bladder)
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-tripsy
crushing
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-trophy
development; nourishment
211
-tropia
turning
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-tropin
stimulate
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tubercul/o
a little swelling
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tympan/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
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ula
small, minute
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ule
small, minute
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uln/o
ulna (lower arm bone on the opposite side of the thumb)
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ultra-
excess; beyond
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um
structure; thing
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umbilic/o
umbilicus, navel
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ungu/o
nail
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uni-
one
223
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
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ureter/o
ureter
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urethr/o
urethra
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-uria
urine
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urin/o
urine, urinary tract
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-us
condition; structure
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uter/o
uterus (womb)
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uvul/o
uvula
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vagin/o
vagina
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valv/o
valve
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varic/o
dilated vein
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vas/o
vessel; vas deferens; duct
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vascul/o
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
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ven/o
vein
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ventr/o
belly, belly side
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ventricul/o
ventricle (of the heart or brain)
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-version
turning
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vertebr/o
vertebra (backbone)
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vesic/o
bladder
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vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
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vest/o
clothes
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viscer/o
internal organs
245
vitr/o
vitreous body (of the eye)
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vitre/o
glassy
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vol/o
volume
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vulv/o
vulva
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xanth/o
yellow
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xen/o
foreign, strange
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xer/o
dry
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xiph/o
sword
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-y
condition; process
