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Orange Module Terminology

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acid/o   acid  
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aer/o   air  
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an/o   anus  
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append/o appendic/o   appendix  
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bil/I chol/e   bile, gall  
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bucc/o   cheek  
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cec/o   cecum  
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cheil/o labi/o   lip  
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cholangi/o   bile vessel  
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cholecyst/o   gallbladder  
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choledoch/o   bile duct  
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col/o colon/o   colon  
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dent/o odont/o odent/o   teeth  
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duoden/o   duodenum  
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enter/o   intestine  
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esophag/o   esophagus  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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gingiv/o   gum (s)  
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gloss/o lingu/o   tongue  
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glott/o   glottis  
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hepat/o   liver  
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ile/o   ileum  
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jejun/o   jejunum  
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lip/o lipid/o steat/o   fat  
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lith/o   stone, calculus  
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maxill/o   maxilla  
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myx/o   mucus  
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or/o stomat/o   mouth  
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orth/o   straight  
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palat/o   palate  
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pancreat/o   pancreas  
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peritone/o   peritoneum  
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pharmaceutic/o   drug, medicine  
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pharyng/o   pharynx (throat)  
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polyp/o   small growth  
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proct/o   anus, rectum  
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ptyal/o   saliva  
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pylor/o   pylorus  
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rect/o   rectum  
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sial/o   saliva, salivary gland  
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sigmoid/o   sigmoid colon  
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tonsill/o   tonsils  
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uvul/o   uvula  
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-al -ical -ary -ic   pertaining to  
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-algia   pain  
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-cele   hernia, swelling  
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-ectomy   excision, removal  
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-emesis   vomit  
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-iasis   abnormal condition  
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-ist   specialist  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-lith   stone, calculus  
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-logist   specialist in the study of  
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-lysis   separation, destruction, loosening  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-ole   small, minute  
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-orexia   appetite  
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-pathy   disease  
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-pepsia   digestion  
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-phagia   swallowing, eating  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-prandial   meal  
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-rrhaphy   suture  
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-rrhea   discharge, flow  
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-scope   instrument for examining  
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-scopy   visual examination  
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-spasm   involuntary contraction, twitching  
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-stomy   forming an opening (mouth)  
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-tomy   incision  
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a-, an-   without, not  
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dia-   through, across  
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dys-   bad, painful, difficult  
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hyper-   excessive, above normal  
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orth-   straight  
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peri-   around  
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post-   after, behind  
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sub-   under, below  
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leuk/o   white  
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-listhesis   slipping  
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-plakia   plaque  
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