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| abdomin/o | show 🗑
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| acanth/o | show 🗑
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| show | acetabulum
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| acr/o | show 🗑
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| show | do, act
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| aden/o | show 🗑
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| show | adenoid
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| adip/o | show 🗑
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| show | adrenal gland
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| agglutin/o | show 🗑
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| agon/o | show 🗑
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| alb/o | show 🗑
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| algesi/o | show 🗑
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| show | different
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| alvelo/o | show 🗑
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| ambly/o | show 🗑
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| ambul/o | show 🗑
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| show | amnion
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| show | starch
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| show | anus
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| andr/o | show 🗑
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| show | (blood) vessel
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| show | unequal
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| show | stiff, crooked
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| anter/o | show 🗑
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| aort/o | show 🗑
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| show | appendix
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| show | appendix
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| show | water
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| arter/o | show 🗑
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| arteri/o | show 🗑
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| show | arteriole
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| arthr/o | show 🗑
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| show | joint
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| aspir/o | show 🗑
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| aspirat/o | show 🗑
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| show | incomplete, imperfect
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| ather/o | show 🗑
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| show | atrium
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| show | hearing
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| show | hearing
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| show | ear
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| auri/o | show 🗑
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| show | armpit
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| bacteri/o | show 🗑
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| show | glans, penis
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| bar/o | show 🗑
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| show | base, foundation
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| show | life
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| show | bile, gall
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| blast/o | show 🗑
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| blephar/o | show 🗑
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| brachi/o | show 🗑
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| bronch/o | show 🗑
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| show | cheek
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| show | bursa (small fluid-filled sac)
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| show | calcium
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| calcane/o | show 🗑
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| carcin/o | show 🗑
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| canth/o | show 🗑
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| show | head
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| show | carbon dioxide
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| capsul/o | show 🗑
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| show | cancer
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| cardi/o | show 🗑
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| show | wrist (carpal)
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| caud/o | show 🗑
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| caus/o | show 🗑
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| show | cecum
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| show | abdomen
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| show | cell
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| show | center
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| show | head
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| show | cerebellum
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| show | cerebrum
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| cerumin/o | show 🗑
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| show | neck, cervix
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| show | lip
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| cheir/o | show 🗑
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| chem/o | show 🗑
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| show | lip
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| chir/o | show 🗑
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| show | green
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| show | gall, bile
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| show | bile duct
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| chondr/o | show 🗑
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| show | choroid
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| chrom/o | show 🗑
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| chromat/o | show 🗑
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| circulat/o | show 🗑
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| show | orange-yellow
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| show | cut
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| clavicul/o | show 🗑
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| show | clavicle
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| show | coagulation, clotting
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| cochle/o | show 🗑
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| show | colon
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| coli/o | show 🗑
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| coll/a | show 🗑
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| colon/o | show 🗑
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| colp/o | show 🗑
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| comat/o | show 🗑
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| show | dust
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| show | aware
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| cor/o | show 🗑
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| show | pupil
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| cord/o | show 🗑
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| show | cornea
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| coron/o | show 🗑
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| corpor/o | show 🗑
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| cortic/o | show 🗑
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| cost/o | show 🗑
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| cox/o | show 🗑
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| crani/o | show 🗑
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| show | secrete
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| crur/o | show 🗑
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| show | cold
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| crypt/o | show 🗑
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| show | elbow
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| show | cul-de-sac
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| show | skin
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| cyan/o | show 🗑
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| cycl/o | show 🗑
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| cyst/l | show 🗑
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| cyst/o | show 🗑
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| cyt/o | show 🗑
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| show | tear (duct)
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| show | finger or toe
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| show | tree
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| dent/o | show 🗑
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| denti/o | show 🗑
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| derm/o | show 🗑
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| dermat/o | show 🗑
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| show | right (side)
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| show | testis
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| show | finger, toe
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| show | expand
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| show | thirst
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| show | disk
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| show | distant from origin
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| show | back, posterior
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| dors/o | show 🗑
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| duct/o | show 🗑
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| duoden/o | show 🗑
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| show | power, force
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| ech/o | show 🗑
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| electr/o | show 🗑
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| show | embolus
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| embry/o | show 🗑
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| emmetr/o | show 🗑
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| show | brain
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| enter/o | show 🗑
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| show | red
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| show | epiglottis
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| episi/o | show 🗑
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| show | work
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| show | redness
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| erythr/o | show 🗑
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| esophag/o | show 🗑
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| show | feeling, sensation
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| show | female
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| faci/o | show 🗑
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| show | band of tissue (fascia)
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| femor/o | show 🗑
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| fet/o | show 🗑
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| fibr/o | show 🗑
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| fibul/o | show 🗑
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| show | bend
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| show | light, luminous, fluorine, fluoresce
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| follicul/o | show 🗑
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| galact/o | show 🗑
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| gangli/o | show 🗑
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| show | ganglion
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| show | stomach
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| gen/o | show 🗑
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| ger/o | show 🗑
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| geront/o | show 🗑
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| show | huge
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| gingiv/o | show 🗑
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| show | gray
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| gil/o | show 🗑
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| glomerul/o | show 🗑
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| gloss/o | show 🗑
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| gluc/o | show 🗑
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| glyc/o | show 🗑
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| gnath/o | show 🗑
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| gon/o | show 🗑
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| show | sex gland
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| show | angle
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| show | granule
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| show | female, woman
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| show | femaile, woman
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| halit/o | show 🗑
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| show | blood (vessel)
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| hem/o & hemat/o | show 🗑
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| hepat/o | show 🗑
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| show | sweat
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| show | tissue
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| histi/o | show 🗑
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| show | humerus
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| hydr/o | show 🗑
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| hypn/o | show 🗑
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| hyster/o | show 🗑
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| iatr/o | show 🗑
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| icter/o | show 🗑
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| show | illeum
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| immune/o | show 🗑
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| inguin/o | show 🗑
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| show | intestine
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| irid/o | show 🗑
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| show | equal
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| isch/o | show 🗑
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| show | ischium
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| show | yellow
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| jejun/o | show 🗑
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| show | potassium
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| kary/o | show 🗑
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| show | tumor, growth
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| kerat/o | show 🗑
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| keton/o | show 🗑
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| kin/e | show 🗑
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| kyph/o | show 🗑
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| show | lip(s), labia
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| show | tear(duct), lacrimal duct
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| show | milk
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| show | lamina
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| lapar/o | show 🗑
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| laryng/o | show 🗑
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| later/o | show 🗑
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| show | smooth
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| show | lens
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| show | white
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| show | tongue
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| show | fat
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| lith/o | show 🗑
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| lob/o | show 🗑
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| show | word
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| show | white of the eye
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| lord/o | show 🗑
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| lumb/o | show 🗑
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| show | lymph
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| show | breast
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| show | mandible (lower jaw)
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| show | breast
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| mastoid/o | show 🗑
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| maxill/o | show 🗑
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| show | middle
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| medull/o | show 🗑
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| melan/o | show 🗑
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| men/o | show 🗑
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| show | meninges, membrane
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| menisc/o | show 🗑
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| show | mind
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| show | middle, central
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| metacarp/o | show 🗑
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| metatars/o | show 🗑
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| metr/o | show 🗑
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| show | less, smaller
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| mit/o | show 🗑
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| show | muscle
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| my/o | show 🗑
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| myc/o | show 🗑
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| show | bone marrow, spinal cord
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| show | mucus
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| show | numbness, stupor
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| nas/o | show 🗑
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| show | birth
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| nat/o | show 🗑
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| show | sodium
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| neur/o | show 🗑
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| noct/o | show 🗑
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| norm/o | show 🗑
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| nucle/o | show 🗑
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| o/o | show 🗑
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| show | midwife
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| occlus/o | show 🗑
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| show | eye(s)
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| odont/o | show 🗑
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| olecran/o | show 🗑
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| show | smell
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| show | navel
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| show | tumor, mass, (cancerous)
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| onych/o | show 🗑
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| oophor/o | show 🗑
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| show | eyebrow
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| show | eye
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| opt/o | show 🗑
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| optic/o | show 🗑
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| or/o | show 🗑
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| show | testicle
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| show | testis
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| orchid/o | show 🗑
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| organ/o | show 🗑
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| orth/o | show 🗑
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| oscill/o | show 🗑
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| show | bone
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| oss/i | show 🗑
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| show | ear
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| show | egg (ovum)
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| ov/o | show 🗑
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| ovari/o | show 🗑
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| ox/i | show 🗑
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| show | oxygen
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| ox/y | show 🗑
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| show | child
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| palat/o | show 🗑
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| show | throb, flutter
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| show | pancreas
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| show | nipple, papilla
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| show | papule, pimple
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| patell/o | show 🗑
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| show | disease
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| pecor/o | show 🗑
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| ped/i | show 🗑
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| show | child
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| pelv/i | show 🗑
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| pelv/o | show 🗑
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| pept/o | show 🗑
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| perine/o | show 🗑
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| peritone/o | show 🗑
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| show | lens (eye)
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| show | eat, ingest
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| phak/o | show 🗑
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| phalang/o | show 🗑
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| phall/o | show 🗑
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| show | drug
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| pharyng/o | show 🗑
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| show | speech
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| show | show
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| show | fear, aversion to
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| show | sound, voice
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| show | light
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| phren/o | show 🗑
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| physic/o | show 🗑
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| pil/o | show 🗑
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| pineal/o | show 🗑
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| show | pituitary (gland)
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| plasm/o | show 🗑
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| show | pleura, rib, side
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| show | pleura, rib, side
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| pneumon/o | show 🗑
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| show | foot
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| poli/o | show 🗑
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| poster/o | show 🗑
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| show | anus, rectum
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| prostat/o | show 🗑
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| proxim/o | show 🗑
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| prurit/o | show 🗑
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| show | mind
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| pub/o | show 🗑
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| show | lung(s)
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| pulmon/o | show 🗑
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| show | pupil
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| show | purple
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| show | renal pelvis
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| show | pylorus
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| pyr/o | show 🗑
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| rachi/o | show 🗑
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| radi/o | show 🗑
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| radicul/o | show 🗑
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| show | rectum
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| ren/o | show 🗑
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| respirat/o | show 🗑
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| reticul/o | show 🗑
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| retin/o | show 🗑
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| show | rod shaped
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| show | striated/skeletal muscle
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| show | discharge, flow, joint
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| show | nose
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| show | wrinkle
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| show | turn, rotate
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| rrhythm/o | show 🗑
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| rube/o | show 🗑
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| show | sacrum
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| salping/o | show 🗑
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| sarc/o | show 🗑
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| scapul/o | show 🗑
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| show | split, divide
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| scler/o | show 🗑
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| sclera/o | show 🗑
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| show | crooked, bent, twisted
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| scrot/o | show 🗑
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| show | oil
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| semin/o | show 🗑
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| sept/o | show 🗑
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| show | infection, putrefying
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| ser/o | show 🗑
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| sial/o | show 🗑
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| sider/o | show 🗑
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| sigmoid/o | show 🗑
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| somat/o | show 🗑
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| somn/i | show 🗑
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| somn/o | show 🗑
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| show | sound
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| show | spermatozoa
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| show | spermatozoa
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| show | spherical
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| show | pulse
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| spin/o | show 🗑
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| spir/o | show 🗑
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| splen/o | show 🗑
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| show | vertebra
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| show | squamous (scaly)
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| show | stapes
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| steat/o | show 🗑
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| show | narrow
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| stern/o | show 🗑
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| steth/o | show 🗑
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| stom/a | show 🗑
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| show | mouth, opening
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| stomat/o | show 🗑
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| sud/o | show 🗑
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| show | synovial membrane
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| tal/o | show 🗑
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| show | tarsus (ankle)
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| show | temple, period of time
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| ten/o | show 🗑
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| tend/o | show 🗑
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| tendin/o | show 🗑
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| terat/o | show 🗑
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| test/o | show 🗑
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| show | testis
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| thalam/o | show 🗑
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| show | nipple
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| therm/o | show 🗑
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| thorac/o | show 🗑
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| show | clot
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| show | thymus gland
🗑
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| thry/o | show 🗑
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| show | thyroid gland
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| tibi/o | show 🗑
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| toc/o | show 🗑
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| tom/o | show 🗑
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| ton/o | show 🗑
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| tonsill/o | show 🗑
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| top/o | show 🗑
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| show | twisted
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| tort/i | show 🗑
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| tox/o | show 🗑
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| show | poison
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| show | trachea
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| trachel/o | show 🗑
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| show | draw
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| show | hair or hair like
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| trigon/o | show 🗑
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| show | nourishment, growth
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| show | tube
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| show | cough
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| tympan/o | show 🗑
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| uln/o | show 🗑
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| show | navel (umbilicus)
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| show | nail
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| ur/o | show 🗑
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| show | palate
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| show | urine, (urinary tract)
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| show | urine, (urinary tract)
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| ureter/o | show 🗑
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| ureter/o | show 🗑
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| show | urine
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| show | uterus
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| show | uvea
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| uvul/o | show 🗑
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| show | vagus nerve
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| show | vagina
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| valvul/o | show 🗑
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| varic/o | show 🗑
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| show | vessel, vas deferens
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| show | (blood) vessel
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| show | vein
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| show | vein
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| show | sexual intercourse
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| ventr/o | show 🗑
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| show | front of body, belly
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| show | worm, wormlike
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| show | turn(ing)
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| show | vertebra
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| show | (urinary) bladder
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| vesicul/o | show 🗑
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| vir/o | show 🗑
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| show | masculine
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| show | viscera, internal organs
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| vitre/o | show 🗑
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| vulv/o | show 🗑
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| show | yellow
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| show | strange, foreign matter
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| show | dry
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| xiph/o | show 🗑
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| show | animal
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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