Root Words with Combining Forms Ch. 1-4
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| acanth(o) | spiny; thorny
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| actin(o) | light
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| alge | pain
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| algesi | pain
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| algio | pain
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| algo | pain
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| amyl(o) | starch
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| andro | masculine
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| athero | plaque; fatty substance
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| bacill(i) | bacilli; bacteria
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| bacteri(o) | bacteria
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| bar(o) | weight; pressure
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| bas(o) | base
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| basi(o) | base
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| bio- | life
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| blasto | immature cells
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| cac(o) | bad; ill
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| calc(o) | calcium
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| calci(o) | calcium
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| carcin(o) | cancer
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| chem(o) | chemical
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| chlor(o) | chlorine; green
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| chondrio | cartilage, grainy, gritty
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| chondro | cartilage, grainy, gritty
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| chore(o) | dance
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| chrom | color
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| chromat | color
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| chromo | color
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| chrono | time
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| chyl(o) | chyle, a digestive juice
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| chym(o) | chyme, semifluid production of chyme in the stomach
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| cine(o) | movement
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| coni(o) | dust
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| crin(o) | secrete
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| cry(o) | cold
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| crypt(o) | hidden; obscure
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| cyan(o) | blue
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| cycl(o) | circle; cycle; cilliary body
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| cyst(o) | bladder, cyst, cystic duct
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| cysti | bladder, cyst, cystic duct
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| cyt(o) | cell
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| dextr(o) | right, toward the right
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| dips(o) | thirst
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| dors(o) | back
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| dorsi | back
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| dynamo | force; energy
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| echo | reflected sound
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| electr(o) | electricity; electric
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| eosin(o) | red; rosy
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| ergo | work
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| erythr(o) | red, redness
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| esthesio | sensation, perception
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| ethmo | ethmoid bone
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| etio | cause
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| fibr(o) | fiber
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| fluor(o) | light; luminous; fluroine
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| fungi | fungus
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| galact(o) | milk
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| gen(o) | producing; being born
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| gero | old age
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| geront(o) | old age
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| gluco | glucose
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| glyco | sugars
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| gonio | angle
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| granulo | granular
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| gyn(o) | women
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| gyne | women
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| gyneco | women
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| home(o) | same; constant
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| homo | same; constant
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| hydr(o) | hydrogen, water
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| hypn(o) | sleep
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| iatr(o) | physician; treatment
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| ichthy(o) | dry; scaly; fish
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| idio | distinct; unknown
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| immun(o) | safe; immune
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| kal(i) | potassium
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| karyo | nucleus
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| ket(o) | ketone; acetone
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| keton(o) | ketone; acetone
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| kin(o) | movement
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| kine | movement
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| kinesi(o) | motion
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| kineso | motion
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| kyph(o) | humpback
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| lact(o) | milk
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| lacti | milk
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| latero | lateral, to one side
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| lepto | light, frail, thin
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| leuk(o) | white
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| lip(o) | fat
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| lith(o) | stone
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| log(o) | speech, words, thought
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| lys(o) | dissolution
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| macr(o) | large; long
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| medi(o) | middle; medial plane
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| meg(a) | large; million
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| megal(o) | large; million
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| melan(o) | black; dark
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| mes(o) | middle; median
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| micr(o) | small; one-millionth; tiny
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| mio | smaller; less
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| morph(o) | structure; shape
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| narco | sleep; numbness
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| necr(o) | death; dying
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| noct(i) | night
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| normo | normal
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| nucle(o) | nucleus
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| nyct(o) | night
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| oncho | tumor
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| onco | tumor
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| orth(o) | straight; normal
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| oxy | sharp; acute; oxygen
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| pachy | thick
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| path(o) | disease
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| phago | eating; devouring; swallowing
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| pharmaco | drugs; medicine
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| phon(o) | sound; voice; speech
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| phot(o) | light
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| physi | physical; natural
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| physio | physical; natural
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| physo | air; gas; growing
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| phyt(o) | plant
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| plasma | formative; plasma
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| plasmo | formative; plasma
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| poikilo | varied; irregular
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| pseud(o) | false
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| pyo | pus
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| pyreto | fever
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| pyro | fever; fire; heat
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| radio | radiation; x-ray; radius
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| salping(o) | tube
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| schisto | split
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| schiz(o) | split; division
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| scler(o) | hardness; hardening
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| scolio | crooked; bent
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| scoto | darkness
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| sidero | iron
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| sito | food; grain
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| somat(o) | body
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| somn(o) | sleep
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| somni | sleep
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| sono | sound
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| spasmo | spasm
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| spher(o) | round; spherical
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| spir(o) | breath; breathe
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| squamo | scale; squamous
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| staphyl(o) | grapelike clusters
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| steno | narrowness
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| stere(o) | three-dimensional
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| strepto | twisted chains; streptococci
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| styl(o) | peg-shaped
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| syring(o) | tube
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| tel(o) | distant; end; complete
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| tele(o) | distant; end; complete
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| terato | monster (as a malformed fetus)
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| therm(o) | heat
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| tono | tension; pressure
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| top(o) | place; topical
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| tox(i) | poison; toxin
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| toxico | poison; toxin
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| toxo | poison; toxin
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| tropho | food; nutrition
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| vivi | life
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| xanth(o) | yellow
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| xeno | stranger
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| xer(o) | dry
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| xiph(o) | sword; xiphoid
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| zo(o) | life
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| zym(o) | fermentation; enzyme
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| abdomin(o) | abdomen
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| acetabul(o) | cup-shaped hip socket
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| aden(o) | gland
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| adip(o) | fat
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| adren(o) | adrenal glands
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| alveol(o) | air sac, alveolus
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| angi(o) | vessel
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| aort(o) | aorta
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| appendic(o) | appendix
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| arteri(o) | artery
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| arthr(o) | joint; articulation
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| aur(i) | ear
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| auricul(o) | ear
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| blephar(o) | eyelid
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| brachi(o) | arm
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| bronch(o) | bronchus
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| bronchi | bronchus
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| bucc(o) | cheek
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| burs(o) | bursa
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| calcane(o) | heel bone
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| cardi(o) | heart; esophageal opening of the stomach
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| carp(o) | wrist bones
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| celi(o) | abdomen
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| cephal(o) | head
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| cerebell(o) | cerebellum
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| cerebr(o) | cerebrum
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| cervic(o) | neck; cervix
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| cheil(o) | lip
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| chil(o) | lip
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| chir(o) | hand
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| chol(e) | bile
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| cholo | bile
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| col(o) | colon
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| colon(o) | colon
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| colp(o) | vagina
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| core(o) | pupil
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| cortic(o) | cortex
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| costi | rib
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| costo | rib
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| crani(o) | cranium
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| dactyl(o) | fingers, toes
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| dent(i) | tooth
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| dento | tooth
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| derm(o) | skin
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| derma | skin
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| dermat(o) | skin
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| duoden(o) | duodenum
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| encephal(o) | brain
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| enter(o) | intestines
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| episi(o) | vulva
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| gastr(o) | stomach
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| gingiv(o) | gum
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| gloss(o) | tongue
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| gnath(o) | jaw
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| gonad(o) | sex glands
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| hem(a) | blood
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| hemat(o) | blood
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| hemo | blood
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| hepat(o) | liver
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| hepatic(o) | liver
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| hidr(o) | sweat
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| histi(o) | tissue
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| histo | tissue
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| hyster(o) | uterus, hysteria
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| ile(o) | ileum
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| ili(o) | ilium
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| inguin(o) | groin
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| irid(o) | iris
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| ischi(o) | ischium
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| kerat(o) | cornea
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| labi(o) | lip
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| lamin(o) | lamina
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| lapar(o) | abdominal wall
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| laryng(o) | larynx
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| linguo | tongue
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| lympho(o) | lymph
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| mast(o) | breast
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| maxill(o) | maxilla
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| medull(o) | medulla
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| mening(o) | meninges
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| muco | mucus
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| my(o) | muscle
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| myel(o) | spinal cord; bone marrow
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| nephr(o) | kidney
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| neur | nerve
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| neuro | nerve
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| oculo | eye
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| odont(o) | tooth
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| onych(o) | nail
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| oo | egg
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| oophor(o) | ovary
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| ophthalm(o) | eye
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| opto | eye; sight
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| optico | eye; sight
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| or(o) | mouth
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| orchi(o) | testis
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| orchid(o) | testis
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| osseo | bone
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| ossi | bone
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| ost(e) | bone
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| osteo | bone
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| ot(o) | ear
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| ovari(o) | ovary
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| ovi | egg; ova
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| ovo | egg; ova
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| ped(o) | foot; child
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| pedi | foot; child
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| pelvi(o) | pelvic bone; hip
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| pelvo | pelvic bone; hip
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| pharyng(o) | pharynx
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| phleb(o) | vein
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| phren(o) | diaphragm; mind
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| phreni | diaphragm; mind
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| phrenico | diaphragm; mind
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| pil(o) | hair
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| plasmat(o) | plasma
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| pleur(o) | rib; side; pleura
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| pleura | rib; side; pleura
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| pneum(a) | lungs; air; breathing
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| pneumat(o) | lungs; air; breathing
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| pneum(o) | lungs; air; breathing
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| pneumon(o) | lungs; air; breathing
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| pod(o) | foot
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| proct(o) | anus
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| psych(o) | mind
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| psyche | mind
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| pulmon(o) | lung
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| pyel(o) | renal pelvis
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| rachi(o) | spine
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| rect(o) | rectum
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| reni | kidney
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| reno | kidney
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| rhin(o) | nose
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| sacr(o) | sacrum
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| sarco | fleshy tissue; muscle
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| scler(o) | sclera
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| sial(o) | salivary glands; saliva
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| sigmoid(o) | sigmoid colon
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| sperma | semen; spermatozoa
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| spermato | semen; spermatozoa
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| spermo | semen; spermatozoa
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| splanchn(o) | viscera
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| splanchni | viscera
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| splen(o) | spleen
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| spondyl(o) | vertebra
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| stern(o) | sternum
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| steth(o) | chest
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| stom(a) | mouth
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| stomat(o) | mouth
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| ten(o) | tendon
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| tendin(o) | tendon
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| tendo | tendon
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| tenon(o) | tendon
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| test(o) | testis
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| thorac(o) | thorax, chest
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| thoracico | thorax, chest
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| thym(o) | thymus gland
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| thyr(o) | thyroid gland
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| trache(o) | trachea
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| trachel(o) | neck
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| trich(o) | hair
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| trichi | hair
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| varico | varicosity
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| vas(o) | blood vessel, duct
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| veni | vein
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| veno | vein
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| ventricul(o) | ventricle
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| vertebro | vertebra
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| vesic(o) | bladder
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| adip(o) | fatty
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| dermat(o) | skin
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| derm(o) | skin
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| hidr(o) | sweat, sweat glands
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| ichthy(o) | fish, scaly
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| kerat(o) | horny tissue
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| lip(o) | fatty
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| melan(o) | black, very dark
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| myc(o) | fungus
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| onych(o) | nail
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| pil(o) | hair
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| seb(o) | sebum, sebacecous glands
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| steat(o) | fat
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| trich(o) | hair
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| xanth(o) | yellow
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| xer(o) | dry
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