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| abdomin/o | abdomen
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| acanth/o | thorny/spiny
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| acetabul/o | acetabulum(hip socket)
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| acr/o | extremities,top
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| actin/o | ray,radius
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| acous/o | sound
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| aden/o | gland
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| adren/o | adrenals
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| aer/o | air/gas
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| algesi/o | pain
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| alveo/o | cavity
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| ambly/o | dull,dim
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| amni/o | amnion
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| amyl/o | starcho
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| angi/o | vessel (blood,lympathic)
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| ankyl/ | crooked,stiff,bent
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| an/o | anus
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| antr/o | antrum
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| aort/o | aorta
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| appendic/o | appendix
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| arche/o | first,beginning
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| arteri/o | arteries
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| arteriol/o | arteriole (small artery)
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| articul/o | Joint;distinct speech
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| arthro/o | joint
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| ather/o | yellowish,fatty plaque
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| atrio/o | atrium
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| aur/i,aur/o | ear
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| axill/o | axilla or armpit
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| bacteri/o | bacteria
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| bil/i | bile
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| bleph/o blephar/o | eyelid or eyelash
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| brachi/o | arm,particularly upper arm
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| bucc/o | cheek
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| cephal/o | head
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| cerebell/o | cerebellum/brain
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum
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| cerbrumcervic/o | neck;cervix neck of uterus
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| cheil/o | lip
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| cerumin/o | cerumen(earwax)
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| cine/o | movement
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| chir/o, cheir/o | hand
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| chol/e | bile,gall
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| choledoch/o | common bile duct
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| chondr/o | cartilage
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| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone)
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| col/o | colon (large intestine)
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| coll/a | glue
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| colp/o | vagina,hollow
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| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva
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| cor/o,coron/o | heart
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| core/o | pupil (eye)
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| corne/o | cornea of eye
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| cortic/o | cortex
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| cost/o | rib
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| crani/o | skull
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| cry/o | cold
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| culd/o | cul-de-sac,pouch
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| cutane/o | skin
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| cyan/o | blue
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| cyes/o,cyes/i | pregnancy
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| cyst/o | cell
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| dacry/o | pertaining to tears
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| dactylo/o | fingers or toes
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| dent/i | tooth
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| derm/o,dermat/o | skin
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| dextr/o | right
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| diaphor/o | sweat
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| digit/i, digit/o | finger,toe
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| dipl/o | two,double
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| dips/o | thirst
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| diverticul/o | diverticulum
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| dors/i | back (of the body)
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| duct/o | tube channel
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| dur/o | dura (hard)
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| dynam/o | power or strength
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| ech/o | sound
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| ectop/o | displacement or malposition
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| electo/o | electricity, electrical activity
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| hypn/o | sleep
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| hyster/o | uterus
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| ile/o, ili/o | ileum
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| immun/o | immune
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| iri/o,irid/o | iris
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| isch/o | deficiency,suppression
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| is/o | equal,same
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| jejun/o | jejunum,portion of upper small intestine
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| kerat/o | cornea of eye
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| kin/e | movement
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| kyph/o | hump
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| labi/o | lip
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| embry/o | embryo
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| encephal/o | brain
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| enter/o | intestines (usually small intestines)
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| episi/o | vulva
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| erythr/o | red
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| esthesi/o | sensation, feeling
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| femor/o | femur
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| fet/o,fet/i | fetus,unborn child
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| gangl/o | knot-like mass, nerves
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| geront/o | old age, aged
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| gluc/o | sugar, sweetness
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| gnath/o | jaw
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| gnos/o | knowledge
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| gon/o | knee
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| gloss/o | tongue
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| glyc/o | sugar,sweet
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| gravid/o | heavy, as in pregnancy
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| gynec/o | female, woman
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| hem/o | blood
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| hepat/o | liver
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| herni/o | hernia
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| heter/o | other;different from; opposite
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| hidr/o | sweat or sweat glands
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| hist/o | tissue
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| home/o | sameness,unchanging
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| hydr/o | water
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| lacrim/o | tear;tear duct,lacrimal duct
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| lact/o | milk
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| lamin/o | lamina,thin flat plate or layer
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| lapar/o | loin or flank
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| later/o | side
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| laryng/o | larynx;voice box
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| later/o | side
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| leiomy/a | smooth visceral muscle
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| leuk/o | white
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| lingu/o | tongue
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| lip/o | fat
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| lith/o | stone,calculus
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| lob/o | section,lobe
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| lymph/o | watery fluid,lymphatic structures fluids
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| macr/o | abnormal largeness
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| mann/o | breast
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| mast/o | breast
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| maxill/o | upper jawbone
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| melan/o | black
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| men/o | menstrustions
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| mening/i,mening/o | membranes,meninges
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| menisci/o | meniscus (crescent)
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| micr/o | small
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| mon/o | one
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| morph/o | form,shape
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| my/o | muscle
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| myc/o | fungus
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| myel/o,myelon/o | marrow;spinal cord,bone marrow
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| hymen/o | memebrane;hymen
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| narc/o | stupor
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| necr/o | death,dead
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| nephr/o | kidney
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| nyct/o | night
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| neur/0 | nerve
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| ocul/o | eye
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| omphal/p | umbilicus,navel
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| onc/o | bulk,mass
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| onych/o | nail,claw
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| oophor/o | ovary
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| ophthalm/o | eye
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| opt/o | vision
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| or/o | as mouth,opening
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| orchi/o | testis
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| orth/o | straight,correct,normal
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| oste/o | bone,ost
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| ot/o | ear
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| ov/i,ov/o,ovul/o | egg
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| papill/o | nipple-shaped elevation or structure
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| pari/o,par/o | bear,give birth to, labor
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| path/o | disease
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| pector/o | chest
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| ped/o | child,foot
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| phac/o | lens of the eye
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| phag/o | eat,swallow
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| myring/o | eardrum (tympanic)
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| somat/o | body
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| somn/i | sleep
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| sphen/o | wedge;sphenoid bone
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| spiro/o | to breath
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| spondyl/o | vertebra,spinal column
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| stern/o | sternum (breast bone)
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| steth/o | chest
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| staphed/o | innermost part of ear
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| stomat/o | mouth
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| strept/o | twist
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| squam/o | scale or plate-like
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| synovi/o | union,synovial memb
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| tars/o | edge(framework)
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| ten/o | stretch,tendon
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| therm/o | heat
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| thorac/o | chest
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| thromb/o | clot,lump
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| top/o | place
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| toxico/o | poison
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| trich/o | hair
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| tympan/o | eardrum or its enclosure
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| uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone)
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| uvul/o | fleshy mass
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| vas/o | vessel, duct,vas deferens
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| vestibule/o | space or cavity of canal
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| phleb/o | veins
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| phob/o | fear
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| phon/o | voice, sound
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| phragn/o | fence, block up
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| phren/o | mind;diaphragm
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| physic/o | physical, nature,physiology
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| pil/o | hair
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| pleru/o | membrane, rib side
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| plex/o | plexus braid ( of nerves)
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| pneum/o,pneumon/a | lung,air
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| pod/o | foot
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| poster/o | back (of body)
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| proct/o | rectum
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| proxim/o | near,nearest
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| pseudo/o | false
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| psych/o | mind
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| pulmon/o | lung
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| pyr/o | fever, heat
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| radic/o,radicul/o | nerve root
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| rect/o | rectum
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| ren/o | renal, the kidney
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| retr/o | backward, behind
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| rhin/o | nose
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| sac/o | bag-like organ or structure
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| salping/o | fallopian tube
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| scapula/o | wing-like, scapula (shoulder blade)
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| sarc/o | flesh
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| scler/o | hard
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| ventr/o | front,abdomen cavity
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| vesic/o | urinary bladder
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| viscer/o | organ, internal organ
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| xanth/o | yellow
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