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'word parts' found in "Basic Medical Language"

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-ad   toward  
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adrenal   adrenal gland  
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anter, anteri   before, front  
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arthr   joint  
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-asthenia   weakness  
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audi   hearing  
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blephar   eyelid  
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burs   bursa  
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carp   carpus (wrist)  
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caud   tail, down, downward  
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cephal   head, up, upward  
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cerebr   cerebrum, brain  
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chondr   cartilage  
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cost   rib  
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crani   cranium (skull)  
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crin   to secrete  
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-desis   surgical fusion  
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dist   away  
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dors   back  
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encephal   brain  
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femor   femur (upper leg)  
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glyc   glucose  
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hemi-   half  
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ili   ilium  
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infer, inferi   below  
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inter-   between  
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irid   iris  
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ischi   ischium  
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-ism   state of  
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kerat   cornea  
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kinesi   movement, motion  
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later   side  
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-malacia   softening  
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medi   middle  
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mening   meninges  
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-meter   instrument used to measure  
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-metry   measurement  
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myel   spinal cord  
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myring   eardrum  
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necr   death  
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-odynia   pain  
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opthalm   eye  
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opt   vision  
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-or   pertaining to (when used with directional word roots ending in 'I')  
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oste   bone  
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ot   ear  
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phalang   finger or toe bones  
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phas   speech  
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pleg   paralysis  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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poli   gray, gray matter  
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poly-   many  
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poster, posteri   behind, back  
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proxim   near  
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psych   mind  
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pub   pubis  
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quadr-   four  
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rachi   vertebra, spine, vertebral column  
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retin   retina  
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-schisis   split, fissure  
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scler   sclera  
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spondyl   vertebra, spine, vertebral column  
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stern   sternum (breast bone)  
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super, superi   above  
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ten   tendon  
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tendin   tendon  
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thym   thymus gland  
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thyroid   thyroid gland  
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troph   development  
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tympan   middle ear  
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ventr   belly  
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vertebr   vertebra, spine  
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