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1
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a-

an-

A

no
not
without

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ab-

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away from

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  • able

- ible

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capable of

able to

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-an

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pertaining to

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  • ar

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pertaining to

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acr/o

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extremities

arms & legs

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algesi/o

-algia

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sensitivity to pain

pain

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an/o

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anus

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ankyl/o

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stiff

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-ase

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enzyme

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-asthenia

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weakness

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atel/o

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imperfect

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-ation

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action

process

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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caud/o

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tail

in a posterior direction

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-cele

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hernia

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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cephal/o

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head

toward the head

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cheil/o

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lips

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chir/o

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hand

chiroplasty - plastic surgery of the hand
chirospasm - cramping of the hand

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chlor/o

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green

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chol/e

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bile

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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circum-

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around

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colp/o

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vagina

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crin/o

-crine

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secrete

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cry/o

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cold

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cyan/o

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blue

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dacry/o

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tear
tearing
crying

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de-

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Reversing
Removing

Decongestants - eliminate or reduce swelling/congestion

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dia-

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through

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dips/o

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thrist

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-dynia

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pain

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dys-

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‘bad’

difficult

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectasia

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dilation

stretching

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-ectasis

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dilation

stretching

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ecto-

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outside

ectopic pregnancy

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-emesis

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vomiting

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en-
end-
endo-

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inside

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epi-

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above

upon

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-er

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one who

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-esis

A

action
process
result of

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-esthesi/o

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sensation

perception

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esthesi/o

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feeling

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eu-

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normal

good

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-eum

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membrane

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-ium

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membrane

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ex-

exo-

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out
without
away from

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extra-

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outside

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fet/o

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fetus

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gen/o

-gen

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beginning

origin

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-genesis

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producing

forming

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-genic

A

produced by

produced in

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genit/o

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genitals

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gloss/o

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tongue

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gon/o

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genitals

reproduction

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gram/o

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to record

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-gram

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a record

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-graph

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recording instrument

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-graphy

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process of recording

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gynec/o

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female

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hidr/o

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perspiration

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hist/o

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tissue

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hydr/o

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water

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hyster/o

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uterus

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-ia

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condition

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-iasis

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condition

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-iac

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on who suffers

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-ic

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pertaining to

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ichthy/o

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fish

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in-

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not
inside
in

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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-ism

A

condition

theory

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-ist

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one who

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-ium

A

membrane

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-ive

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pertaining to

81
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lacrim/o

A

tear
tearing
crying

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lapar/o

A

abdominal wall

83
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leps/o

-lepsy

A

seizure

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-lexia

A

word

phrases

85
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lith/o

-lith

A

stone

calculus

86
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lumb/o

A

lower back

87
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lys/o

A

destruction

dissolving

88
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-lysin

A

that which destroys

89
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-lysis

A

dissolving
destruction
freeing

90
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-lytic

A

capable of destroying

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mal-

A

‘bad’
poor
abnormal

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malac/o

-malacia

A

soft

softening

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mamm/o

mast/o

A

breast

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-mania

A

excessive preoccupation

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medio-

A

middle

nearer the middle

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men/o

A

month

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ment/o

A

mind

chin

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meta-

A

change

next in a series

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-meter

A

instrument used to measure

100
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metr/i

A

uterine tissue

101
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metr/o

A

measure

uterine tissue

102
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-metry

A

process of measuring

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my/o

A

muscle

104
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myc/o

A

fungus

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myel/o

A

bone marrow

spinal cord

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myx/o

A

mucus

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narc/o

A

stupor

108
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nat/i

nat/o

A

birth

109
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ne/o

A

new

110
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nulli-

A

none

111
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-oid

A

resembling

112
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-ole

A

little

113
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olig/o

A

few

114
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omphal/o

A

umbilicus (navel)

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-on

A

body

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onych/o

A

nail

117
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oophor/o

A

ovary

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or/o

A

mouth

119
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orchi/o

orchid/o

A

testes

120
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-orexia

A

appetite

121
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orth/o

A

straight

122
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-ose

A

sugar

123
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-osis

A

condition

124
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oste/o

A

bone

125
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-ous

A

pertaining to

characterized by

126
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ovar/o

A

ovary

127
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pan-

A

all

128
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par/o

A

to bear offspring

129
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para-

A

near
besides
abnormal

130
Q

-para

A

female who has given birth

131
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pen/o

A

penis

punishment

132
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-penia

A

deficiency

133
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-pepsia

A

digestion

134
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per-

A

through

by

135
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peri-

A

around

136
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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

137
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phag/o

  • phagia
  • phagic
  • phagy
A

eating
swallowing
ingesting

138
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phas/o

-phasia

A

speech

139
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phleb/o

A

vein

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phon/o

A

voice

141
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phren/o

A

mind

diaphragm

142
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physi/o

A

nature

143
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-physis

A

growth

144
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pil/o

A

hair

145
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-plasia

A

development

146
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pleg/o

-plegia

A

paralysis

147
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-poiesis

A

production

148
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-pnea

A

breathing

Apnea (not breathing)

149
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proct/o

A

anus

rectum

150
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-ptosis

A

sagging

prolapse

151
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pun/o

A

pubis

152
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py/o

A

pus

153
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pyel/o

A

renal pelvis

154
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pyr/o

A

fire

155
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rect/o

A

rectum

156
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ren/o

A

kidney

157
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-rrhage

A

excessive bleeding

158
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-rrhaphy

A

suture

159
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-rrhea

A

flow

dischange

160
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-rrexis

A

rupture

161
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salping/o

A

uterine tube

162
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-sarcoma

A

malignant tumor arising from connective tissue

163
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scler/o

-sclerosis

A

hard

hardening

164
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scop/o

A

to examine

to view

165
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scrot/o

A

scrotum

166
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semin/o

A

semen

167
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som/a

somat/o

A

body

168
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son/o

A

sounds

169
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spermat/o

A

sperm

170
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spir/o

A

spiral

to breathe

171
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-stasis

A

stopping

controlling

172
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stomat/o

A

mouth

173
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-stomy

A

formation of an opening

174
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sym-

syn-

A

joined

together

175
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tachy-

A

fast

176
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test/o

testicul/o

A

testicle

testis

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tetra-

A

four

178
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tom/o

A

to cut

179
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-tome

A

instrument used for cutting

180
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-tomy

A

incision

181
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trans-

A

across

through

182
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trich/o

A

hair

183
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-tripsy

A

surgical crushing

184
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troph/o

  • trophic
  • trophy
A

nutrition

185
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-tropic

A

stimulate

186
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-tropin

A

that which stimulates

187
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ungu/o

A

nail

188
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uter.o

A

uterus

189
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vagin/o

A

vagina

190
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ventr/o

A

ventral

belly side

191
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vesic/o

A

bladder

vesicle

192
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vulv/o

A

vulva

193
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xanth/o

A

yellow

194
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xer/o

A

dry

195
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-y

A

state

condition

196
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agora-

A

open marketplace

196
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aut/o

A

self

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