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160 flash cards from the book

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melan/o   black, dark  
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cyan/o   blue  
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cephal/o   head  
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myc/o   fungus  
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cyt/o   cell  
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lapar/o   abdomen, abdominal wall  
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hist/o   tissue  
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sarc/o   flesh, connective tissue  
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aden/o   gland  
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cervic/o   neck, cervix  
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pyr/o   fever, fire  
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py/o   pus  
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leuk/o   white  
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adip/o   fat  
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path/o   disease, suffering, feeling, emotion  
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albin/o   white  
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lip/o   fat, lipid  
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coron/o   coronary, crown  
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erythr/o   red  
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tachy-   fast, rapid  
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poly-   many  
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intra-   within, inside  
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pre-   before, in front of, forward  
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neo-   new, strange  
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sub-   under, less, below  
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hypo-   deficient, decreased  
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post-   after, behind  
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hyper-   excessive, increased  
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end-, endo-   within, in, inside  
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hemi-   half  
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ante-   before, in front of, forward  
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anti-   against  
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brady-   slow  
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peri-   surrounding, around  
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super-, supra-   above, excessive  
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a-, an-   without, away from, negative, not  
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per-   excessive, through  
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dys-   bad, difficult, painful  
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inter-   between, among  
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-ia   abnormal condition, disease  
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-osis   abnormal condition, disease  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-cyte   cell  
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-cele   hernia, tumor, swelling  
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-lysis   breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to remove fluid  
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-malacia   abnormal softening  
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-ectasis   stretching, dilation, enlargement  
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-desis   to bind, tie together  
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-ary   pertaining to  
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-pnea   breathing  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-ptosis   prolapse, drooping forward  
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-ac, -al   pertaining to, relating to  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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-estheisa   sensation, feeling  
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-pause   stopping  
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-uria   urination, urine  
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-ologist   specialist  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-gram, -graph   a picture or record  
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-graphy   the process of producing a picture or record  
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-ostomy   surgical creation of an opening to the body surface  
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-ectomy   surgical removal, cutting out  
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-rrhea   flow or discharge  
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-otomy   cutting, surgical incision  
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-pathy   disease, suffering, feeling, emotion  
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-emia   blood, condition  
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-rrhagia, -rrhage   bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-sclerosis   abnormal hardening  
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-pexy   surgical fixation  
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-tripsy   to crush  
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-scope   instrument for visual examination  
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-necrosis   tissue death  
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-scopy   visual examination  
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-ology   the science or study of  
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-oma   tumor, neoplasm  
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-stenosis   abnormal narrowing  
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-rrhaphy   surgical sutering  
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-algia   pain, suffering, painful condition  
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ech/o   sound  
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radi/o   radiation, x-rays  
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chondr/o   cartilage  
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spondyl/o   vertebrae, vertebral column, back bone  
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arthr/o   joint  
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oss/e, oss/I, ost/o, oste/o   bone  
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cost/o   rib  
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crani/o   skull  
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ankly/o   crooked, bent, stiff  
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thorac/o   chest  
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myel/   spinal cord, bone marrow  
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my/o   muscle  
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fasci/o   fascia, fibrous band  
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ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o   tendon, stretch out, extend, strain  
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encephal/o   brain  
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mening/o   meninges, membranes  
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neur/I, neur/o   nerve, nerve tissue  
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kerat/o   horny, hard, cornea  
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scler/o   sclera, white of eye, hard  
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salping/o   uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (Eustachian) tube  
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myring/o   tympanic membrane, eardrum  
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optic/o, opt/o   eye, vision  
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ot/o   ear, hearing  
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retin/o   retina  
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tympan/   tympanic membrane, eardrum  
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ather/o   plaque, fatty substance  
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aort/o   aorta  
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phleb/o   vein  
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angi/o   pertaining to blood or lymph vessels  
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hem/o, hemat/o   blood, pertaining to the blood  
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arteri/o   artery  
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card/o, cardi/o   heart  
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ven/o   vein  
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thromb/o   clot  
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spleen/o   spleen  
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pleur/o   pleura, side of the body  
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bronch/o, bronchi/o   bronchial tube, bronchus  
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trache/o   trachea, windpipe  
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pharyng/o   throat, pharynx  
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laryng/o   larynx, throat  
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pneum/o, pneumon/o   lung, air  
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pulm/o, pulmon/o   lung  
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vagin/o   vagina  
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ov/o   egg  
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hyster/o   uterus  
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men/o   menstruation, menses  
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metr/o, metri/o, metr/i   uterus  
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oophor/o, ovari/o   ovary  
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uter/o   uterus  
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orch/o, orchid/o   testicles, testis, testes  
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colp/o   vagina  
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derm/o, dermat/o   skin  
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cutane/o   skin  
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xer/o   dry  
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seb/o   sebum  
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ungu/o   nail  
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hidr/o   sweat  
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hepat/o   liver  
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cholecyst/o   gallbladder  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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proct/o   anus and rectum  
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esophag/o   esophagus  
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sigmoid/o   sigmoid colon  
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col/o, colon/o   colon, large intestine  
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enter/o   small intestine  
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carcin/o   cancerous  
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onc/o   tumor  
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lith/o   stone, calculus  
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pancreat/o   pancreas  
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gonad/o   sex gland  
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adren/o   adrenal glands  
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thyr/o, thyroid/o   thyroid gland  
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urethr/o   urethra  
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ren/o   kidney  
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nephr/o   kidney  
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pyel/o   renal pelvis, bowl of kidney  
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ureter/o   ureter  
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cyst/o   urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid  
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