Mod 1-9_Combining Forms & Meanings
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| aden/o | gland (combining form)
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| arthr/o | joint (combining form)
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| bi/o | life (combining form)
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| carcin/o | cancerous (combining form)
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| cardi/o | heart (combining form)
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| cephal/o | head(combining form)
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| cerebr/o | brain; cerebrum (combining form)
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| cis/o | to cut (combining form)
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| crin/o | to secrete; to form & give off (combining form)
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| cyst/o | urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid (combining form)
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| cyt/o | cell (combining form)
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| derm/o; dermat/o | skin (combining form)
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| electr/o | electricity (combining form)
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| encephal/o | brain (combining form)
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| enter/o | intestines, usually small intestines (combining form)
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| eryth/o | red (combining form)
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| gastr/o | stomach (combining form)
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| gnos/o | knowledge (combining form)
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| gynec/o | woman, female (combining form)
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| hemat/o; hem/o | blood (combining form)
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| hepat/o | liver (combining form)
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| iatr/o | treatment, physician (combining form)
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| leuk/o | white (combining form)
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| nephr/o | kidney (combining form)
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| neur/o | nerve (combining form)
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| onc/o | tumor (combining form)
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| ophthlalm/o | eye(combining form)
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| oste/o | bone (combining form)
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| path/o | disease (combining form)
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| ped/o | child (combining form)
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| psych/o | mind (combining form)
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| radi/o | x-rays (combining form)
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| ren/o | kidney (combining form)
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| rhin/o | nose (combining form)
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| sarc/o | flesh (combining form)
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| sect/o | to cut (combining form)
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| thromb/o | clot, clotting (combining form)
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| ur/o | urinary tract, urine (combining form)
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| abdomnin/o | abdomen (combining form)
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| adip/o | fat (combining form)
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| anter/o | front (combining form)
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| bol/o | cast; throw (combining form)
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| cervic/o | neck; cervix, neck of uterus (combining form)
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| chondr/o | cartilage (combining form)
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| chrom/o | color (combining form)
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| coccyg/o | coccyx/tailbone (combining form)
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| crani/o | skull (combining form)
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| cyt/o | cell (combining form)
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| dist/o | far; distant (combining form)
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| dors/o | back portion of the body (combining form)
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| hist/o | tissue (combining form)
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| ili/o | ilium/part of the peliv bone (combining form)
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| inguin/o | groin (combining form)
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| kary/o | nucleus (combining form)
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| later/o | side (combining form)
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| lumb/o | lower back; loin (combining form)
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| medio | middle (combining form)
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| nucle/o | nucleus (combining form)
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| pelv/i | pelvic bone/hip (combining form)
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| poster/o | back (of body); behind (combining form)
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| proxim/o | near (combining form)
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| sacr/o | flesh (combining form)
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| spin/o | spine/backbone; spinal cord (combining form)
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| thel/o | nipple (combining form)
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| thorac/o | chest (combining form)
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| trache/o | trachea/windpipe (combining form)
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| umbilic/o | navel/umbilical cord (combining form)
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| ventr/o | belly side of body (combining form)
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| vertebr/o | vertebrea/backbones (combining form)
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| viscer/o | internal organs (combining form)
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| abdomin/o | abdomen
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| acr/o | extremities; top; extreme point
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| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden
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| aden/o | gland
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| adip/o | fat
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| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
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| angi/o | vessel
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| arteri/o | artery
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| arthr/o | joint
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| axill/o | armpit
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| bi/o | life
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| bronch/o | bronchus
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| carcin/o | cancer
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| cardi/o | heart
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| chem/o | drug/chemical
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| chondr/o | time
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| col/o | colon (large intestine)
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| cyst/o | urinary bladder
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| encephal/o | brain
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| erthyr/o | red
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| hem/o | blood
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| hepat/o | liver
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| hydr/o | water/fluid
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| inguin/o | groin
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| isch/o | to hold back
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| lapar/o | abdomen/abdominal wall
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| laryng/o | larnyx/voice box
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| leuk/o | white
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| lymph/o | lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels/nodes throughout the body)
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| mamm/o | breast
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| mast/o | breast
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| morph/o | shape/form
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| muc/o | mucus
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| my/o | muscle
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| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow (context of usage indicates the meaning intended)
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| necr/o | death (of cells/whole body)
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| nephr/o | kidney
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| neur/o | nerve
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| neutr/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell)
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| nucle/o | nucleus
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| ophthalm/o | eye
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| oste/o | bone
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| ot/o | ear
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| path/o | disease
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| peritone/o | peritoneum
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| phag/o | to eat/swallow
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| phelb/o | vein
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| plas/o | formation/development
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| pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs & adjecent to chest wall)
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| pneumon/o | lungs
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| radi/o | x-rays
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| rect/o | rectum
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| ren/o | kidney
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| rhin/o | nose
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| sarc/o | flesh
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| splen/o | spleen
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| staphyl/o | clusters
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| strept/o | twisted chains
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| thorac/o | chest
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| thromb/o | clot
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| tonsill/o | tonsils
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| trache/o | trachea / windpipe
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| ven/o | vein
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| carp/o | wrist bones
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| cib/o | meals
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| cis/o | to cut
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| cost/o | rib
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| cutane/o | skin
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| dactyl/o | fingers/toes
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| duct/o | to lead/carry
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| flex/o | to bend
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| furc/o | forking/branching
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| gloss/o | tounge
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| immun/o | protection
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| morph/o | shape/form
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| mort/o | death
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| nat/i | birth
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| nect/o | bind/tie/connect
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| norm/o | rule/order
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| ox/o | oxygen
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| pub/o | pubis/ anterior portion of pelvic/hipbone
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| seps/o | infection
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| somn/o | sleep
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| son/o | sound
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| the/o | to put/place
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| thel/o | thryroid gland
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| top/o | place/position/location
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| tox/o | poison
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| trache/o | windpipe/trachea
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| urethr/o | urethra
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| an/o | anus
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| append/o | appendix
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| appendic/o | appendix
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| bucc/o | cheek
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| cec/o | cecum
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| celi/o | belly, abdomen
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| cheil/o | lip
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| cholecyst/o | gallbladder
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| choledoch/o | common bile duct
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| col/o | colon, large intestine
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| colon/o | colon
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| dent/i | tooth
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| duoden/o | deudenum
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| enter/o | instestines, usually small intestine
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| esophag/o | esophagus
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| faci/o | face
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| gingiv/o | gums
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| gloss/o | toungue
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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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| labi/o | lip
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| lapar/o | abdomen
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| lingu/o | tounge
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| mandibul/o | lower jaw/mandible
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| odont/o | tooth
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| or/o | mouth
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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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| pharyng/o | throat
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| proct/o | anus/rectum
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| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter
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| rect/o | rectum
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| sialaden/o | salivary gland
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| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon
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| stomat/o | mouth
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| uvul/o | uvula
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| amyl/o | starch
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| bil/i | gall, bile
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| bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bile pigment)
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| chol/e | gall, bile
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| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid
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| gluc/o | sugar
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| glyc/o | sugar
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| glycogen/o | glycogen, animal starch
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| lip/o | fat
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| lith/o | stone
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| prote/o | protein
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| sail/o | saliva, salivary
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| steat/o | fat
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| bucc/o | buccal; cheek
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| cec/o | cecum
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| celi/o | belly; abdomen
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| cheil/o | lip
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| chol/e | bile; gall
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| cholangi/o | bile duct/vessel
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| cholecyst/o | gallbladder
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| choledoch/o | common bile cudt
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| col/o | colon
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| colon/o | colon
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| dent/i | teeth
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| dueden/o | duodenum
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| enter/o | intestine
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| esophag/o | esophogus
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| gastr/o | belly; stomach
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| gingiv/o | gums
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| gloss/o | tongue
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| glyc/o | glucose; glycogen
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| hepat/o | liver
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| herni/o | hernia
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| ile/o | ileum
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| jejun/o | jejunum
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| labi/o | labia
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| lingu/o | tounge
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| lip/o | fat; lipid
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| lith/o | stone
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| odont/o | tooth
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| or/o | mouth; oral
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| palat/o | palate
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| pancreat/o | pancreas; pancreatic
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| proct/o | anus, rectum
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| pylor/o | pylorus
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| rect/o | rectum
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| sailaden/o | salivary gland
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| splen/o | spleen
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| steat/o | fat
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| stomat/o | mouth
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| cali/o, calic/o | calyx (calix)
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| cyst/o | urinary bladder
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| glomerul/o | glomerulus
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| meat/o | meatus
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| nephr/o | kidney
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| pyel/o | renal pelvis
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| ren/o | kidney
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| trigon/o | trigone (region of bladder)
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| ureter/o | ureter
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| urethe/o | urethra
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| vesic/o | urinary bladder
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| albumin/o | albumin (protein in blood)
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| azot/o | nitrogen
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| bacteri/o | bacteria
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| dips/o | thrist
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| ket/o, keton/o | ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone)
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| lith/o | stone
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| noct/o | night
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| olig/o | scanty
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| py/o | pus
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| ur/o | urine (urea)
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| urin/o | urine
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| amni/o | amnion
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| cervic/o | cervix, neck
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| colp/o | vagina
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| culd/o | cul-de-sac
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| episi/o | vulva
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| galact/o | milk
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| gynec/o | woman, female
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| hyster/o | uterus, womb
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| lact/o | milk
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| mamm/o | breast
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| mast/o | breast
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| men/o | menses, menstruation
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| metr/o, metri/o | uterus
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| my/o, myom/o | muscle, muscle tumor
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| nat/i | birth
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| obstetr/o | pregnancy & childbirth
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| o/o | egg
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| oophor/o | ovary
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| ov/o | egg
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| ovari/o | ovary
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| ovul/o | egg
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| perine/o | perineum
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| phor/o | to bear
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| salping/o | fallopian tubes
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| uter/o | uterus
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| vagin/o | vagina
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| vulv/o | vulva
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| andr/o | male
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| balan/o | glans penisGreek balanos = acorn
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| cry/o | cold
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| crypt/o | hidden
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| epididym/o | epididymis
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| gon/o | seedGreek gone = seed
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| hydr/o | water, fluid
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| orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o | testis, testicleGreek orchis = orchidcomparision to orchid is to describe the fleshy tubers on the rootstocks of the orchids
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| prostat/o | prostate gland
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| semin/i | semen, seed
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| sperm/o, spermat/o | spermatozoa, semen
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| terat/o | monsterGreek teras = monster
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| test/o | testis, testicle
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| varic/o | varicose veins
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| vas/o | vessel, ductvas deferens
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| zo/o | animal life
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| chori/o, chorion/o | chorion
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