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Medical Terms Roots (From Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and )

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Term
Definition
asthen   show
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show to puncture (a body cavity)  
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show bile  
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show cartilage  
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cili-   show
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show clavicle  
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show elbow  
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show bladder  
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show cell  
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show swelling  
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show intestine  
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show carry, produce, congestion  
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show something written or recorded  
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show separate, distinct  
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show middle  
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melan-   show
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men-   show
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myel-   show
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show muscle  
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pleur-   show
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show fall  
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ptyal-   show
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show pus  
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sept-   show
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serum   show
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sinus   show
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show body  
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tact-   show
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show cut  
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show hair  
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show varicose vein  
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show abdomen  
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show hear  
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aden-   show
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adip-   show
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show white  
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alges-   show
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show male  
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show vessel  
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aorta   show
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aqua-   show
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arteri-   show
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arthr-   show
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show lack of oxygen or excess of carbon dioxide in the body that results in unconsciousness  
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show to hear  
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bi-   show
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bronch-   show
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show cheek  
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bursa   show
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show hard, thick skin; also a meshwork of connective tissue that forms during the healing process after a fracture  
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show cancer  
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show heart  
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show great arteries of the neck  
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show wrist  
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show a fraction in the metric system: one hundredth or 100  
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show head  
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cervic-   show
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show blue  
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cycl-   show
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show skin  
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show finger or toe  
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erythr-   show
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esthe-   show
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febr-   show
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show bend  
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foramen   show
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fract-   show
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show stomach  
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show sweet  
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show know  
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graph-   show
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gyn(ec)-   show
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show blood  
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show liver  
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show other, different  
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show the same  
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humerus   show
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hydr-   show
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show iodine  
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show milk  
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leuk-   show
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show tongue  
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show abnormal  
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show large  
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show membrane, usually refers to the meninges  
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show kidney  
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show nerve  
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show eye  
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show eye  
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show bone  
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show ear  
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show egg  
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palpate   show
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show disease  
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ped-   show
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show to examine by striking  
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show eat  
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pharyng-   show
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phot-   show
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pneum(at)-   show
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pneumo(n)-   show
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pod-   show
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show false  
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psych-   show
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show fire-  
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quadr, quar-, quat-   show
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show the forearm bone on the thumb side; also a line from the center of a circle or sphere to the edge  
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show kidney  
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retina   show
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show nose  
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sangui(n)-   show
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show hard  
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sebum   show
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show cut  
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show the presence of microorganisms or their toxins in the blood; also the toxic condition caused by such presence  
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spir-   show
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stasis   show
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stature   show
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show sternum (breastbone)  
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show any small opening on the surface of the body, such as a pore; also, the opening created in the abdominal wall for the passage of urine or feces  
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tach(y)-   show
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tetra-   show
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thorac-   show
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toxic   show
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show urine  
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vas-   show
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vertigo   show
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show internal organs  
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show sticky  
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show foreign (material)  
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xer-   show
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