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Med Term Hosa

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a-   no not without  
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ab-   away from  
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abdomin/o   abdomen  
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-able, ible   capable of, able to  
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary   pertaining to  
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acr/o   toward  
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ad-   toward  
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aden/o   gland  
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adenoid/o   adenoids  
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adip/o   fat  
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adren/o   adrenal glands  
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aer/o   air  
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agora-   open marketplace  
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alb/o, albin/o   white  
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alumin/o   albumin  
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algesi/o   sensitivity to pain  
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-algia   pain  
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alveol/o   alveolus  
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amni/o   amnion  
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amyl/o   starch  
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an-   no, not, without  
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an/o   anus  
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andr/o   male, masculine  
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angi/o   vessel  
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ankyl/o   stiff  
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ante-   before  
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anter/o   anterior, toward the front  
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anti-   against  
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aort/o   aorta  
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append/o, appendic/o   appendix  
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arter/o, arteri/o   artery  
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arteriol/o   articulation, joint  
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arthr/o   joint  
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-ase   enzyme  
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-asthenia   weakness  
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atel/o   imperfect  
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ather/o   yellow fatty plaque  
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-ation   action or process  
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audi/o   hearing  
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aut/o   self  
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axill/o   axilla  
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bacter/i, bacteri/o   bacteria  
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bi-   two  
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bil/i   bile  
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bi/o   life or living  
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blast/o   embryonic form  
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blephar/o   eyelid  
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brady-   slow  
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bronch/o   bronchi  
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bronchiol/o   bronchiole  
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burs/o   bursa  
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calcane/o   calcaneus  
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calc/i   calcium  
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cancer/o carcin/o   cancer  
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cardi/o   heart  
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carp/o   carpus(wrist)  
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caud/o   tail, posterior in direction  
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cec/o   cecum  
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-cele   hernia  
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cellul/o   little cell or compartment  
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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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centi-   one hundred or one hundredth  
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cephal/o   head, toward the head  
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cerebell/o   cerebellum  
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cerebr/o   brain, cerebrum  
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cervic/o   neck, uterine cervix  
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cheil/o   lips  
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chem/o   chemical  
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chir/o   hand  
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chlor/o   green  
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chol/o   bile  
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cholecyst/o   gallbladder  
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choldedoch/o   common bile duct  
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chondr/o   cartilage  
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-cidal   killing  
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circum-   around  
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cirrh/o   orange-yellow  
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clavicul/o   clavicle (collarbone)  
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coccyg/o   coccyx  
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col/o, colon/o   colon or large intestine  
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colp/o   vagina  
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coni/o   dust  
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contra-   against  
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corpor/o   body  
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cost/o   rib  
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crani/o   cranium, skull  
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crin/o, -crine   secrete  
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cry/o   cold  
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crypt/o   hidden  
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cutane/o   skin  
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cyan/o   blue  
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cyst/o   cyst, bladder, sac  
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cyt/o, -cyte   cell  
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dacry/o   tear, tearing, crying  
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dactyl/o   digit (toe finger or both)  
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de-   down, from, removing, reversing  
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dendr/o   tree  
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dent/i,dent/o   teeth  
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derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o, -derm   skin  
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di-   two  
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dia-   through  
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diplo-   double  
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dips/o   thirst  
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dist/o   far or distant from the origin or point of attachment  
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dors/o   directed toward, back side  
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duoden/o   duodenum  
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dur/o   dura meter  
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-dynia   pain  
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dys-   "bad" difficult  
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-eal   pertaining to  
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ech/o   sound  
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-ectasia, -ectasis   dilation, stretching  
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ecto-   out, without, away from  
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-ectomy   excision  
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-edema   swelling  
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electr/o   electricity  
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embo/o   embolus  
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-emesis   vomiting  
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-emia   vomiting  
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-emia   blood  
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en-   inside  
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encephal/o   brain  
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end-, endo-   inside  
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enter/o   intestines, small intestine  
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epi-   above or upon  
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epiglott/o   epiglottis  
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-er   one who  
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erythemat/o   erythema redness  
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eryth/o   red  
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-esis   action, process, or result of esophagus  
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-esthesia   sensation, perception  
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esthesi/o   feeling  
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eu-   normal, good  
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-eum, -ium   membrane  
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ex-, exo-   out, without, away from  
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extra-   outside  
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faci/o   face  
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femor/o   femur(thigh bone)  
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fet/o   fetus  
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fibr/o   fiber  
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fibul/o   fibula  
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fluor/o   emitting or reflecting light  
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follicul/o   follicle  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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gen/o, -gen   beginning, origin  
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-genesis   producing, forming  
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-genic   produced by or in  
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genit/o   genitals  
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ger/a, ger/o, geront/o   aged, elderly  
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gigant/o   giant  
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gingiv/o   gums  
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gli/o   neuroglia or sticky substance  
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glomerul/o   glomerus  
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gloss/o   tongue  
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glyc/o, glycos/o   sugar  
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gon/o   gonad  
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gram/o   to record  
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-gram   a record  
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-graph   recording instrument  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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gynec/o   female  
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hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o   blood  
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hemi-   half, partly  
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hepat/o   liver  
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herni/o   hernia  
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hidr/o   perspiration  
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hist/o   tissue  
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home/o   sameness  
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humer/o   humerus  
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hydr/o   water  
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hyper-   excessive, more than normal  
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hypo-   beneath or below normal  
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hypophys/o   pituitary  
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hyster/o   uterus  
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-ia, -iasis   condition  
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-iac   one who suffers  
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-iatrician   practitioner  
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-iatrics, -iatric,-iatry   medicine  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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ichthy/o   fish  
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ile/o   ileum  
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ili/o   ilium  
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immun/o   immune  
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in-   not, inside, in  
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infer/o   lowermost, below  
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infra-   below  
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insulin/o   insulin  
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inter-   between  
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intestin/o   intestines  
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intra-   within  
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iod/o   iodine  
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ischi/o   ischium  
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-ism   condition or theory  
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-ist   one who  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-ium   membrane  
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-ive   pertaining to  
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jejun/o   jejunum  
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kerat/o   hard or horny tissue, cornea  
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kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis   movement, motion  
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lacrim/o   tear, tearing, crying  
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lact/o   milk  
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lapar/o   abdominal wall  
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laryng/o   larynx  
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later/o   toward the side farther from the midline of the body or a structure  
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leps/o, -lepsy   seizure  
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leuc/o, leuk/o   white  
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-lexia   words, phrases  
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lingu/o   tongue  
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lip/o   fat, lipid  
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lith/o   stone,calculus  
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lob/o   lobe  
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log/o   knowledge, words  
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-logic, -logical   pertaining to the science of or study of  
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-logist   one who studies, specialist  
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-logy   study or science of  
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lumb/o   lower back  
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lymph/o   lymph, lymphatics  
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lymphat/o   lymphatics  
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lys/o   destruction, dissolving  
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-lysin   that which destroys  
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-lysis   dissolving, destruction, freeing  
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-lytic   capable of destroying  
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macro-   large  
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mal-   "bad", poor, abnormal  
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malac/o   soft, softening  
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-malacia   softening  
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mamm/o   breast  
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-mania   excessive preoccupation  
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medio-   middle or nearer the middle  
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megal/o, mega-   enlargement  
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-megaly   large, enlarged  
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melan/o   black  
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men/o   month  
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mening/o   meninges  
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ment/o   mind, chin  
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meso-   middle  
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meta-   change or next in series  
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metacarp/o   metacarpals  
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metatars/o   metatarsals  
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-meter   instrument used to measure  
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metr/i   uterine tissue  
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metr/o   measure, uterine tissue  
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-metry   process of measuring  
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micro-   small  
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mid-   middle  
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milli-   one thousand or one thousandth  
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mono-   one or single  
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muc/o   mucus  
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multi-   many  
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muscul/o   muscle  
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my/o   muscle  
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myc/o   fungus  
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myel/o   bone marrow  
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myx/o   mucus  
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narc/o   stupor  
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nas/o   nose  
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nat/i,    
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humer/o   humerus  
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hydr/o   water  
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hyper-   excessive, more than normal  
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hypo-   beneath or below normal  
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hypophys/o   pituitary  
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hyster/o   uterus  
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-ia, -iasis   condition  
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-iac   one who suffers  
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-iatrician   practitioner  
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-iatrics, -iatric,-iatry   medicine  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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ichthy/o   fish  
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ile/o   ileum  
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ili/o   ilium  
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immun/o   immune  
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in-   not, inside, in  
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infer/o   lowermost, below  
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infra-   below  
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insulin/o   insulin  
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inter-   between  
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intestin/o   intestines  
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intra-   within  
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iod/o   iodine  
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ischi/o   ischium  
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-ism   condition or theory  
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-ist   one who  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-ium   membrane  
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-ive   pertaining to  
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jejun/o   jejunum  
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kerat/o   hard or horny tissue, cornea  
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kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis   movement, motion  
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lacrim/o   tear, tearing, crying  
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lact/o   milk  
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lapar/o   abdominal wall  
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laryng/o   larynx  
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later/o   toward the side farther from the midline of the body or a structure  
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leps/o, -lepsy   seizure  
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leuc/o, leuk/o   white  
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-lexia   words, phrases  
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lingu/o   tongue  
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lip/o   fat, lipid  
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lith/o   stone,calculus  
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lob/o   lobe  
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log/o   knowledge, words  
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-logic, -logical   pertaining to the science of or study of  
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-logist   one who studies, specialist  
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-logy   study or science of  
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lumb/o   lower back  
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lymph/o   lymph, lymphatics  
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lymphat/o   lymphatics  
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lys/o   destruction, dissolving  
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-lysin   that which destroys  
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-lysis   dissolving, destruction, freeing  
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-lytic   capable of destroying  
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macro-   large  
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mal-   "bad", poor, abnormal  
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malac/o   soft, softening  
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-malacia   softening  
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mamm/o   breast  
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-mania   excessive preoccupation  
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medio-   middle or nearer the middle  
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megal/o, mega-   enlargement  
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-megaly   large, enlarged  
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melan/o   black  
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men/o   month  
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mening/o   meninges  
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ment/o   mind, chin  
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meso-   middle  
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meta-   change or next in series  
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metacarp/o   metacarpals  
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metatars/o   metatarsals  
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-meter   instrument used to measure  
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metr/i   uterine tissue  
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metr/o   measure, uterine tissue  
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-metry   process of measuring  
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micro-   small  
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mid-   middle  
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milli-   one thousand or one thousandth  
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mono-   one or single  
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muc/o   mucus  
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multi-   many  
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muscul/o   muscle  
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my/o   muscle  
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myc/o   fungus  
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myel/o   bone marrow  
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myx/o   mucus  
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narc/o   stupor  
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nas/o   nose  
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nat/i, nat/o   birth  
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ne/o   new  
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necr/o   dead  
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nephr/o   kidney  
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nerv/o, nuer/o   nerve  
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nulli-   none  
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obstret/o   mid wife  
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ocul/o   vision  
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odont/o   teeth  
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-oid   resembling  
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-ole   little  
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olig/o   few  
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-oma   tumor  
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omphal/o   umbilicus  
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-on   body  
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onc/o   tumor  
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onych/o   nail  
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oophor/o   ovary  
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ophthalm/o   eye  
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-opia   vision  
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optic/o,orchid/o   testes  
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-orexia   appetite  
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orth/o   straight  
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-ose   sugar  
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-osis   conditon  
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oste/o   bone  
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ot/o   ear  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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ovar/o   ovary  
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ox/o   oxygen  
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pan-   all  
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pancreat/o   pancreas  
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par/o   to bear offspring  
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para-   near, beside, abnormal  
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-para   female who has given birth  
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parathyroid/o   parathyroids  
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patell/o   patella(kneecap)  
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path/o   disease  
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-pathy   disease  
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ped/o   child/foot  
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pelv/i   pelvis  
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pen/o   penis  
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-penia   deficiency  
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-pepsia   digestion  
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per-   through or by  
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periton/o   peritoneum  
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peri-   around  
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-pexy   surgical fixation  
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phag/o, -phagia, -phagic, -phagy   eating, swallowing, ingesting  
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phalang/o   phalanges(bones of fingers and toes)  
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pharmac/o, pharmaceut/i   drugs, medicine  
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pharyng/o   pharynx  
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phas/o, -phasia   speech  
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phleb/o   vein  
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-phobia   abnormal fear  
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phon/o   voice  
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phot/o   light  
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phren/o   mind, diaphragm  
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physi/o   nature  
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-physis   growth  
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pil/o   hair  
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pituitar/o   pituitary  
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-plasia   development  
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plast/o   repair  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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pleg/o, -plegia   paralysis  
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pleur/o   pleura  
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-poesis   production  
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-poietin   substance that causes production  
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poly-   many  
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post-   after, behind  
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poster/o   posterior, toward the back  
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-pnea   breathing  
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pneum/o   lung, air  
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pneumon/o   lung  
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pre-   before  
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primi-   first  
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pro-   before  
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proct/o   anus, rectum  
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prostat/o   prostate  
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prote/o, protein/o   protein  
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proxim/o   nearer the origin of the point or attachment  
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psych/o   mind  
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-ptosis   sagging, prolapse  
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pub/o   pubis  
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pulm/o, pulmon/o   lung  
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py/o   pus  
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pyel/o   renal pelvis  
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pyr/o   fire  
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quad-, quadri-   four  
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rach/i, rachi/o   spine  
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radi/o   radius, radiant energy  
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rect/o   rectum  
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ren/o   kidney  
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retin/o   retina  
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retro-   behind, backward  
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rheumat/o   rheumatism  
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rhin/o   nose  
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roentgen/o   x-ray  
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-rrhage   excessive bleeding  
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-rrhagia   hemorrhage  
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-rrhaphy   suture  
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-rrhea   flow, discharge  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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sacr/o   sacrum  
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salping/o   uterine tube  
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-sarcoma   tumor arising from connective tissue  
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scapul/o   scapula(shoulder blade)  
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schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o, -schisis   split, cleft  
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scler/o, -sclerosis   hard, hardening  
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scop/o   to examine, to view  
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-scope   instrument used for viewing  
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-scopy   process of visually examining  
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scrot/o   scrotum  
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seb/o   sebum  
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semi-   half, partly  
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semin/o   semen  
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seps/o   infection  
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sept/o   infection or septum  
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ser/o   serum  
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sial/o   saliva, salivary gland  
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sigmoid/o   sigmoid colon  
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silic/o   silica  
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som/a, somat/o   body  
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son/o   sound  
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-spasm   twitching, cramp  
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spermat/o   sperm  
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spin/o   spine  
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spir/o   spiral, to breathe  
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splen/o   spleen  
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spondyl/o   vertebra  
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-stasis   stopping, controlling  
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-static   keeping stationary  
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stern/o   sternum(breastbone)  
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stomat/o   mouth  
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-stomy   formation of an opening  
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sub-   under  
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super-   excessive or above  
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supra-   above or beyond  
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super/o   uppermost, or above  
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sym-, syn-   joined, together  
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tachy-   fast  
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tars/o   tarsals(ankle bones)  
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ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o   tendon  
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test/o, testicul/o   testicle, testes  
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tetra-   four  
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therapeut/o, therapy-   treatment  
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therm/o   heat  
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thorac/o   thorax, chest  
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thromb/o   thrombus, clot  
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thyr/o, thyroid/o   thyroid gland  
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tibi/o   tibia  
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-tic   pertaining to  
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tom/o   to cut  
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-tome   instrument used for cutting  
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-tomy   incision  
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top/o   place, position  
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tox/o, toxic/o   poison  
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trache/o   trachea  
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trans-   across, through  
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tri-   three  
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trich/o   hair  
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-tripsy   surgical crushing  
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troph/o, -trophic, -trophy   nutrition  
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-tropic   stimulate  
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-tropi   that which stimulates  
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uln/o   ulna  
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ultra-   beyond, excess  
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ungu/o   nail  
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uni-   one, single  
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ur/o   urine, urinary tract  
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ureter/o   ureter  
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urethr/o   urethra  
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-uria   urine, urination  
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urin/o   urine or urination  
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uter/o   uterus  
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vag/o   vagus nerve  
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vagin/o   vagina  
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vas/o   vessel, ductus deferens  
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vascul/o   vessel  
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ven/o   vein  
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ventr/o   ventral, belly side  
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venul/o   venule  
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vertebr/o   vertebra  
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vesic/o   bladder or vesicle  
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viscer/o   viscera  
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vulv/o   vulva  
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xanth/o   yellow  
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xer/o   dry  
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-y   state, condition  
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