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Basic Medical Terminology

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-ac   pertaining to  
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-ad   toward, increase  
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-al   pertaining to  
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-algesia   pain  
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-ar   pertaining to  
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-ary   pertaining to; relating to  
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-blast   embryonic stage of development  
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-cele   swelling or herniation  
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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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-cide   to kill; to destroy  
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-clasis   crushing or breaking up  
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-cyte   cell  
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-desis   binding or surgical fixation  
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-dynia   pain  
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-eal   pertaining to  
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-ectasia   stretching or dialation  
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-ectasis   stretching or dialation  
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-ectomy   surgical removal  
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-emia   blood condition  
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er   one who  
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-esis   condition of  
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-gen   that which generates  
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-genic   pertaining to formation; producing  
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gram   record or picture  
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graphy   an instrument used to record  
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gravida   pregnancy  
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ian   specialist in a field of study  
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iasis   presence of an abnormal condition  
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iatric   relating to medicine, physicians or medical treatment  
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iatrician   one who treats; a physician  
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iatrist   one who treats; a physician  
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iatry   medical treatment, medical profession  
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ic   pertaining to  
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ical   pertaining to  
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ician   specialist in a field of study  
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ile   pertaining to; capable  
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ion   action; process  
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ism   condition  
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ist   practitioner  
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itis   inflammation  
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ize   to make; to treat or combine with  
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lepsy   seizure, attack  
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lith   stone  
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lithiasis   presence or formation of stones  
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logy   the study of  
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lytic   destruction  
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mania   a mental disorder; madness  
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megaly   enlargement  
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meter   an instrument used to measure  
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metry   the process of measuring  
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oid   resembling  
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ole   small or little  
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oma   tumor  
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opia   visual condition  
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opsia   visual condition  
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opsy   process of viewing  
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ory   pertaining to; characterized by  
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osis   condition  
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ous   pertaining to  
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pathy   disease  
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penia   decrease in; deficiency  
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pexy   surgical fixation  
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philia   attraction to  
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phobia   abnormal fear  
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plasia   formation or development  
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plasty   surgical repair  
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plegia   paralysis  
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pnea   breathing  
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ptosis   drooping or prolapse  
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rrhagia   excessive flow or discharge  
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rrhaphy   suturing  
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rrhea   discharge; flow  
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rrhexis   rupture  
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scope   an instrument used to view  
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scopy   the process of viewing with a scope  
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stasis   stopping or controlling  
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stomy   the surgical creation of a new opening  
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tic   pertaining to  
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tion   process of  
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tomy   incision into  
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tripsy   intentional crushing  
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ula   small, little  
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ule   small one  
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uria   a characteristic of urine  
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abdomin/o   abdomen  
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ana   not, without  
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anter/o   front  
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cervic/o   neck; cervix  
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coccg/o   coccyx  
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crani/o   skull; cranium  
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cyt/o   cell  
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dors/o   back  
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dys/o   bad, difficult, painful, disordered  
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epi   upon, over  
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hist   tissue  
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hypo   under, below, beneath, less than normal  
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iac   pertaining to  
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ili/o   ilium  
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inguin/o   groin  
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inter   between  
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ion   action, process  
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later/o   side  
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lumb/o   loins, lower back  
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medi/o   middle  
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nucle/o   nucleus  
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pelv/i   pelvis  
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plasm   living substance  
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poster/o   back  
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proxim/o   near  
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sacr/o   sacrum  
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some   a body - of a specified type  
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spin/o   spine  
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thorac/o   chest  
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umbilic/o   navel  
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ventr/o   belly, front side  
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vertebr/o   vertebra  
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viscer/o   internal organs  
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adip/o   fat  
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albin   white  
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caut/o   burn  
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cutane/o   skin  
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derm/o   skin  
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dermat/o   skin  
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edema   swelling  
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erythr/o   red  
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fasci/o   band of fibrous tissue  
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hidr/o   sweat  
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hist/o histi/o   tissue  
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ichthy/o   fish  
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kerat/o   hard; also refers to cornea of the eye  
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leuk/o   white  
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lip/o   fat  
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melan/o   black  
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myc/o   fungus  
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necr/o   death  
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onych/o   nails  
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pil/o   hair  
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scler/o   hard; also refers to sclera of the eye  
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spuam/o   scales  
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trich/o   hair  
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xanth/o   yellow  
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xer/o   dryness  
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blast, blast/o   embryonic stage of develpment  
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calc/o, calc/i   calcium  
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calcane/o   heel bone  
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carp/o   wrist  
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chondr/i, chondr/o   cartilage  
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clast, clastic   to break  
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clavicul/o   collarbone  
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cost/o   ribs  
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crani/o   skull, cranium  
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-desis   to bide, tie together  
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femor/o   femur  
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fibul/o   fibula  
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humer/o   humerus  
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ischi/o   ischium  
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kyph/o   humpback; pertaining to a hump  
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lamin/o   lamina  
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lord/o   swayback; bent  
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lumb/o   loins, lower back  
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malac/o   softening  
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malacia   softening  
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mandibul/o   mandible (lower jaw bone)  
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mastoid/o   mastoid process  
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maxill/o   upper jaw  
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metacarp/o   hand bones  
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metatars/o   foot bones  
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myel/o   spinal cord or bone marrow  
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olecran/o   elbow  
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orth/o   straight  
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oste/o   bone  
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patell/o, patell/a   kneecap  
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pelv/i   pelvis  
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phalang/o   fingers, toes  
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physis   growth, growing  
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por/o   cavity, opening, passage or pore  
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porosis   porous; lessening in density  
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pub/o   pubis  
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rach/i   spinal column  
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radi/o   radiation; also refers to the radius  
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scapul/o   sholder blade  
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scoli/o   crooked, bent  
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spondyl/o   vertebra  
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sten/o   short, contracted or narrow  
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stern/o   sternum  
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synovi/o, synov/o   synovial membrane, synovial fluid  
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tars/o   ankle bones  
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tempor/o   temples of the head  
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vertebr/o   vertebra  
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bi   twice, double, two  
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bucco/o   cheek  
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-cele   swelling or herniation  
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dors/o   back  
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dys   bad, difficult, painful, disordered  
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electr/o   electrical, electricity  
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fasci/o   band of fibrous tissue  
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graphy   process of recording  
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kinesi/o, kines/o   movement  
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leiomy/o   smooth muscle  
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my/o   muscle  
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myos/o   muscle  
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pector/o   pertaining to the chest  
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plegia   paralysis  
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rhabdomy/o   striated muscle; skeletal muscle  
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tax/o   coordination, order  
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tri   three  
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troph/o   development  
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ankyl/o   stiff  
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arthr/o   joint  
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articul/o   joing  
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burs/o   bursa  
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centesis   surgical puncture  
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ligament   ligament  
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oste/o   bone  
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plasty   surgical repair  
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ten/o, tendin/o, tend/o   tendon  
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algesia   sensitivity to pain  
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asthenia   strength  
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brady   slow  
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cerebell/o   cerebellum  
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berebr/o   cerebrum  
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crani/o   skull. cranium  
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encephal/o   brain  
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esthesia   sensation or feeling  
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esthesi/o   feeling sensation  
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esthet/o   feeling, nervous sensation or sense of perception  
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gli/o   neuroglia or gluey substance  
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hypo   under, below, beneath, less than normal  
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kinesia   movement  
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lepsy   seizure, attack  
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lexia   reading  
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mening/o   meninges  
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myel   spinal cord or bone marrow  
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narc/o   nerve  
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neur/o   nerve  
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paresis   partial paralysis  
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phasia   speech  
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plegia   paralysis  
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praxia   perform  
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agglutin/o   to clump  
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aniso   unequal  
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bas/o   base  
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carcin/o   cancer  
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chrom   color  
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coagul/o   clotting  
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cyt/o   cell  
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emia   blood condition  
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eosin/o   red, rosy  
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erythr/o   red  
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globin   containing protein  
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hem/o   blood  
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hemat/o   blood  
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is/o   equal  
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kary/o   nucleus  
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leuk/o   white  
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lytic   destruction  
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mono   one  
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morph/o   form, shape  
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nucle/o   nucleus  
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oma   tumor  
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isis   condition  
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penia   decrease in; deficiency  
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phage   to eat  
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phag/o   to eat  
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philia   attraction to  
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phoresis   transmission  
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poiesis   formation  
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poikil/o   varied; irregular  
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sider/o   iron  
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spher/o   round; sphere  
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staphyl/o   grapelike clusters  
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stasis   stopping or controlling  
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strept/o   twisted chains  
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tel/e   distance  
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therapy   treatment  
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thromb/o   clot  
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tox/o   poison  
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angi/o   vessel  
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arter/o, arteri/o   artery  
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arteriol/o   arteriole  
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ather/o   fatty  
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cardi/o   heart  
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coron/o   heart  
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echo   sound  
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electr/o   electrical, electricity  
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endo   within  
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ventricul/o   ventricle of the heart or brain  
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alveol/o   alveolus  
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atel   imperfect or incomplete  
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bronch/o   bronchus  
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ectasis   stretching or dilation  
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epiglott/o   epiglottis  
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laryng/o   larynx  
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nas/o   nose  
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orth/o   straight  
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phon   sound  
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phren   mind; also refers to the diaphragm  
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pheur/o   pleura  
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pne/o   breathing  
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pneum/o   breathing  
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pulmon/o   lungs  
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rhin/o   nose  
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sinus   sinus  
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thor/a   chest  
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trache/o   trachea  
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amyl/o   starch  
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append/o   appendix  
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ase   enzyme  
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bil/i   bile  
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cec/o   cecum  
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celi/o   pertaining to the abdomen  
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cheil/o   lips  
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chol/e   bile  
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cholecyst/o   gallbladder  
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choledoch/o   common bile duct  
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cirrh/o   yellow, tawny  
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col/o   colon  
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dent/o   tooth  
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duoden/o   duodenum (first part of the small intestine)  
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ectomy   surgical removal  
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emesis   vomit  
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enter   intestine  
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esophag/o   esophagus  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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gingiv/o   gums  
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gloss/o   tounge  
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gluc/o   sugar, sweet  
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glyc/o   sugar, sweet  
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hepat/o   liver  
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iasis   presence of an abnormal condition  
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ile/o   ileum  
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jejun/o   jejunum  
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lapar/o   abdominal wall  
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lingu/o   tongue  
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lip/o   fat  
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lith/o   stone  
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lysis   destruction or detachment  
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odont/o   teeth  
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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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pepsia   state of digestion  
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phagia   to eat  
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pharyng/o   pharynx  
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peritone/o   peritoneum  
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proct/o   anus or rectum  
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rect/o   rectum  
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sial/o   salivary gland; saliva  
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sigmoid/o   sigmoid colon  
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spasm   twitching; involuntary contraction  
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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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tresia   perforation  
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tripsy   intentional crushing  
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xer   dry  
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acr/o   extremities  
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aden/o   gland  
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adren/o   adrenal glands  
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adrenal/o   adrenal glands  
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andr/o   man, male  
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calc/o   calcium  
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cortic/o   cortex  
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crin/o   secrete  
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crine   secrete  
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dips/o   thirst  
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-dipsia   thirst  
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gonad   sex glands  
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gluc/o   sugar, sweet  
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gynec/o   woman  
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kal/i   potassium  
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lact/o   milk  
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mastitis   breast  
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myx/o   relating to mucus  
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natr/i   sodium  
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oxy   sharp, quick  
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pancreat/o   pancreas  
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parathyroid/o   parathyroid glands  
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somat/o   body  
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thym/o   thymus gland  
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thyr/o   thyroid gland  
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thyroid/o   thyroid gland  
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toxic/o   poisons  
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ambi   both, both sides  
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ambly/o   dull  
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aque/o   watery  
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blephar/o   eyelid  
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conjunctiv/o   conjunctiva  
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cor/o   pupil  
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corne/o   cornea  
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dacry/o   tears  
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dacryocyst/o   tear sac  
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dipl/o   double  
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epi   upon, over  
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eso   within  
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extra   outside, beyond  
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glauc/o   gray, silver  
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hemi   half  
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ir/o   iris  
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irid/o   iris  
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kerat/o   hard; also refers to cornea of the eye  
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lacrim/o   tears  
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mi/o   smaller  
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nas/o   nose  
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nyct/o, nyctal/o   night  
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ocul/o   eye  
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ophthalm/o   eye  
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-opia   visual condition  
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opt/o   eye, vision  
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optic/o   eye. vision  
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palpebr/o   eyelid  
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phot/o   light  
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-ptosis   drooping or prolapse  
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pupill/o   pupil  
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retin/o   retina  
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scler/o   hard; also refers to sclera of the eye  
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scot/o   darkness  
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ton   tension  
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-tropia   to turn  
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vitre/o   glassy  
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xer/o   dry  
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albumin/o   albumin, protein  
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azot/o   nitrogen  
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bacteri/o   bacteria  
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cali/o, calic/o   calyx, calyces  
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- cele   swelling or herniation  
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cyst/o   bladder, sac or cyst  
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dips/o   thirst  
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epi   upon. over  
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genic   pertaining to formation, producing  
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glomerul/o   glomerulus  
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ket/o, keton/o   ketone bodies  
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meat/o   meatus  
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nephr/o   kidney  
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neur/o   nerve  
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noct/i   night  
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olig/o   few, little, scanty  
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-pexy   surgical fixation  
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pyel/o   renal pelvis  
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py/o   pus  
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ren/o   kidney  
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rrhagia   excessive flow or discharge  
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stenosis   tightening or narrowing  
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ureter/o   ureter  
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urethr/o   urethra  
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ur/o, urin/o   urine condition  
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vesic/o   urinary bladder  
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balan/o   glans penis  
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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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hemat/o   blood  
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hydro   water  
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orch/o   testicle  
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orchi/o   testicle  
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orchid/o   testicle  
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prostat/o   prostate gland  
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semin/i   semen  
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sperm/o   sperm  
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spermat/o   sperm  
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test/o   testis. testes  
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vas/o   vessel; also refers to vas deferens  
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zo/o   animal (man)  
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ante   before; in front  
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arche   beginning  
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cervic/o   neck; cervix  
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colp/o   vagina  
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dys   bad, difficult, painful, disordered  
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ecto   outside  
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endo   within  
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episi/o   vulva  
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galact/o   milk  
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gynec/o   woman  
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hyster/o   uterus  
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in   in, inside, within, not  
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intra   within  
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mammo/o   breast  
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mast/o   breast  
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men/o   menstruation  
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metr/o   uterus  
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metri/o   uterus  
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o/o   egg, ovum  
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oophor/o   ovary  
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ov/o   ovum, egg  
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ovari/o   ovary  
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retro   backward, behind  
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salping/o   eustachian tubes; also refers to fallopian tubes  
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tomy   incision into  
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uter/o   uterus  
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vagin/o   vagina  
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amni/o   amnion  
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ante   before; in front  
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culd   cul-de-sac  
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cyesis   pregnancy  
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episi/o   vulva  
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fet/o   fetus  
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-gravida   pregnancy  
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hyper   excessive  
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lact/o   milk  
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multi   many  
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nat/o   birth  
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nulli   none  
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para   to bear  
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primi   first  
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obstetr/o   midwife  
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pelv/i   pelvis  
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perine/o   perineum  
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salping/o   eustachian tubes; also refers to fallopian tubes  
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-tocia   labor  
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vagin/o   vagina  
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cephal/o   head  
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iatric   relating to medicine, physicians or medical treatment  
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micr/o   small  
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neo   new  
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omphal/o   navel  
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pedi/a   child  
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pyr/o   fire, heat  
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rose/o   rose colored  
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tetr/a   four  
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tympan/o   eardrum  
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angi/o   vessel  
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aort/o   aorta  
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arthr/o   joint  
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arteri/o   artery  
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cardi/o   heart  
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chol/e   bile  
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cine   pertaining to movement  
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cyst/o   bladder, sac or cyst  
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fluor/o   luminous  
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immun/o   immune, protection  
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pyel/o   renal pelvis  
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radi/o   radiation; also refers to radius  
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son/o   sound  
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tel/e   distance  
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tom/o   to cut  
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ultra   vein  
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carcin/o   cancer  
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chem/o   pertaining to a chemical, drug  
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fibr/o   pertaining to fiber  
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melan/o   black  
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meta   beyond, after  
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oma   tumor  
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onc/o   swelling, mass or tumor  
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papill/o   resembling a nipple  
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plasia   formation or growth  
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plasm   living substance  
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sarc/o   flesh  
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scirrh/o   hard  
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hypn/o   sleep  
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iatrist, iatr/o   one who treats; a physician  
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mania   madness  
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ment   mind  
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phobia   abnormal fear  
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phoria   emotional state  
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phren/o   mind  
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psych/o   mind  
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schiz/o   split  
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somat/o   body  
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thymia   condition of the mind or will  
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arter/o, arteri/o   artery  
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geront/o   old age  
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kerat/o   hard  
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malacia   softening  
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myx/o   relating to mucus  
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oste/o   bone  
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porosis   porous, lessening in density  
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pulmon/o   lung  
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presby/o   old age  
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spondyl/o   spine  
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troph/o   development, growth  
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radicul/o   root  
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spin/o   spine  
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cerebr/o   head  
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caus/o   burn  
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astr/o   star shaped  
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praxia   perform  
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esthet/o   feeling, nervous sensation or sense of perception  
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acetabul/o   acetabulum  
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AD   alzheimer's disease  
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aden/o   gland  
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aer/o   air; gas  
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alb, albin/o   white  
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alges/o   pain  
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ALS   amyotrophic lateral sclerosis  
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an   without, not, no  
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ana   not, without  
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anethetized   numed  
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aneurysm/o   aneurysm  
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aniso   unequal  
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anter/o   before, in front (anterior)  
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anthrac/o   coal  
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aort/o   aorta  
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lapar/o   abdominal wall  
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append/o   appendix  
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arrhythm/o   rhythm  
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arter/o, arteri/o   arteries; artery  
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-ase   enzyme  
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assay   to evaluate  
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asthenia   strength, loss of strength  
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audi/o   hearing  
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audit/o   hearing  
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aur   ear  
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auricul/o   ear  
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aut/o   self  
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blackhead   open comedos  
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bar/o   pressure  
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blade   scapula  
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blue   cyanosis  
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CAN   cancer  
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-capnia   (condition of) carbon dioxide content in the blood  
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caus/o   burn  
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cephal/o   head  
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chem/o   pertaining to a chemical, drug  
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chondr/o   cartilage  
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chord/o   string, cord  
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circum   around  
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clasis   crushing or breaking up  
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clast   something that breaks  
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clavicul/o   collarbone  
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CNS   central nervous system  
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bil   bile  
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CT   computed tomography  
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cycl/o   ciliary body  
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-cyesis   pregnancy  
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cythemia   condition involving cells of the blood  
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dacry/o   tears  
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de   down, from  
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dendr/o   tree, branches  
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desis   binding or surgical fusion - to bind, tie together  
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dia   through  
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DIP   distal interphalangeal  
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dipl/o   double  
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cyte   cell  
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dips/o, dipsia   thirst  
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dis   free of - to undo  
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drom/o   running  
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-drome   that which runs together  
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DTR   deep tendon reflexes  
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dur/o   dura mater  
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-eal   pertaining to  
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embolus   blood clot  
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factor   allergen  
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fasci/o   band of fibrous tissue  
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fibul/o   fibula  
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friable   easily broken  
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frontal   coronal  
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genesis   generating - formation of  
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genic   pertaining to formation  
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gchlor/o   green  
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heme   iron  
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hem   blood  
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hetero   different  
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hemer/o   humerus  
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iasis   presence of an abnormal condition  
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iatric   relating to medicine, physician or medical treatment  
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ician   specialist in a field of study  
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idio   individual  
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ile/o   ileum  
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ili   ilium  
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IM   intramuscular  
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in   in, inside, within, not  
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ischi/o   ischium  
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itching   pruritus  
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jand/o   yellow  
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kary/o   nucleus  
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kel/o   fibrous growth  
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KOL   collagen  
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labyrinth   inner ear  
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lact   milk  
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lys/o   breakdown or destruction  
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lysis   destruction or detachment  
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lytic   destruction  
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meter   to measure  
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metry   the process of measuring  
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milli   one thousand  
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MS   multiple sclerosis  
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myring/o   eardrum  
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nephr/o   kidney  
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oophor/o   ovary  
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onych/o   nail  
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orexia   appetite  
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orth   straight  
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ostomy   creating a new opening into  
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pachy   thick  
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pallor   white  
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pan   all  
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par   beside, beyond, near, apart from  
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phak/o   lens  
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plas/o   formation, development  
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plasia   formation, development  
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PNS   peripheral nervous system  
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presby/o   old, elderly  
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poste/o   back  
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praxia   perform  
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ptysis   spitting  
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py/o   pus  
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rach/i   spinal column  
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RUQ   right upper quadrent  
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SA node   sinoatrial node  
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scab   dry crust  
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scot/o   darkness  
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seb   sebum  
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sept/o   infection  
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static   stopping or controlling  
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sten/o   short, contracted or narrow  
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stom/o   mouth  
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sub   below  
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thymia   condition of the mind or will  
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tocia   labor  
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toc/o   childbirth  
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trans   across, through  
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trich/o   hair  
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trophy   development, growth  
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tropia   to turn  
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tropin   stimulating effect of a hormone  
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ventr/o   belly, front side  
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ungu/o   nail  
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uni   one  
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vigor   energy  
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viscer   internal organs  
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WBCs   white blood cells  
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LLQ   left lower quadrant  
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LP   lumbar puncture  
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logist   one who specializes in the study of  
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lingu   tongue  
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pepsia   digestion  
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centesis   puncture  
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ectomy   excision, surgical removal  
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lysis   destruction  
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pexy   surgical fixation  
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plasty   repair  
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orrhaphy   suture  
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scope   instrument used for viewing  
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oscopy   visually examining  
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tome   cutting instrument  
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otomy   incision  
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tripsy   crushing  
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gravida   a pregnant woman... followed by number... designates the number of pregnancies (ie.. gravida 2, a woman in her 2nd pregnancy)  
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para   a woman who has given birth to one or more infants (ie... para 2, woman has given birth to two infants)  
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