WVSOM terminology exam
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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 | extremities (arms & legs)
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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- | marketplace
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| alb/o, albin/o | white
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| albumin/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, vascul/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 | appendix
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| arteri/o | artery
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| arteriol/o | articulation, 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 (armpit)
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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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| blast/o | emryonic form
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| brady- | slow
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| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchi
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| bronchiol/o | bronchiole
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| burs/o | bursa
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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
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| cec/o | cecum
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| -cele | hernia
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| -centesis | surgical puncture
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| centi- | one hundred or 1/100
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| cephal/o | head
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| cerebell/o | cerebellum
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| cerebr/o | brain, cerebrum
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| cervic/o | neck
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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/e | bile
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| cholecyst/o | gallbladder
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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
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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
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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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| dipl/o | double
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| dips/o | thirst
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| dist/o | far, distant from origin
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| dors/o | back side
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| duoden/o | duodenum
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| dur/o | dura mater
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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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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -emia | blood
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| en-, endo- | inside
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| encephal/o | brain
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| enter/o | intestine (small intestine)
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| epi- | above, 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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| erythr/o | red
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| -esis | action, process, or result of
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| esophag/o | 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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| 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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| follicul/o | follicle
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| fruct/o | fruit
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| gen/o, -gen | begining, origin
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| -genic | produced by or in
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| -genesis | producing, forming
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| genit/o | genitals
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| 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 | glomerulus
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| gloss/o | tongue
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| glyc/o, glycos/o | sugar
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| gon/o | genitals, reproduction
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| gonad/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 | persppiration
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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- | below normal
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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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| -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 | illium
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| immuno/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, 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, 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
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| leps/o, -lepsy | seizure
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| leuco/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, -lith | stone, calculus
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| lob/o | lobe
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| log/o | knowledge, words
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| -logist | one who studies, specialist
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| -logy | study of 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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| macr/o | large
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| mal- | bad
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| malac/o | soft, softening
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| -malacia | sofening
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| mamm/o, mast/o | breast
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| -mania | excessive preoccupation
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| medio- | middle or near 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 a series
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| metacarp/o | metacarpals
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| metatars/o | metatarsals
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| metr/i | uterine tissue
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| metr/o | measure, uterine tissue
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| -meter | instrument used to measure
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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-thousandth
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| mon/o | 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, spinal cord
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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 | birth
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| ne/o | new
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| necr/o | dead, death
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| nephr/o | kidney
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| nerv/o, neur/o | nerve
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| nulli- | none
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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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| -oma | tumor (occasionally swelling)
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| omphal/o | umbilicus (naval)
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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, opt/o | vision
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| or/o | mouth
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| orchi/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 | condition
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| oste/o | bone
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| ot/o | ear
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| -ous | pertaining to, characterized by
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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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| 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, by
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| peri- | around
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| periton/o | peritoneum
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| -pexy | surgical fixation
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| phag/o, -phagia, -phagic, -phagy | eating, swallowing, ingetsting
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| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes)
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| pharmac/o | 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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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| pleg/o, -plegia | paralysis
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| pleur/o | pleura
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| -poiesis | 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 | toward the back, posterior
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| -pnea | breathing
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| pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung, air
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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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| proxm/o | nearer the origin
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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 bledding
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| -rrhagia | hemorrhage
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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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| scapul/o | scapula
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| schis/o, schizo, 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 | instrubment 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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| spet/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 | bertebra
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| -stasis | stopping, controlling
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| -static | keeping stationary
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| stern/o | sternum
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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, 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 | tendon
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| test/o, testicul/o | testicle
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| tetra- | heat
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| tetra- | four
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| therm/o | heat
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| thorac/o | chest
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| thromb/o | thrombus, blood 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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| -tome | instrument used for cutting
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| -tomy | incision
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| tonsill/o | tonsil
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| top/o | place, position
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| tox/o, toxic/o | poison
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| trache/o | trachea (windpipe)
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| trans- | across
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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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| -tropin | that which stimulates
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| uln/o | ulna
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| ultra- | beyond, escess
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| ungu/o | nail
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| uni- | one, single
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| ur/o | urine, unrinary 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 or belly side
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| venul/o | venule
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| vertebr/o | vertebra
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| viscer/o | viscera
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| vesic/o | bladder or vesicle
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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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