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Appendix VII terms

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abdomin/o   abdomen  
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lapar/o   abdominal wall  
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para-   abnormal  
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epi-, super-, supra-   above  
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trans-   across  
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-ation, -esis   action  
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adenoid/o   adenoids  
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adren/o   adrenal glands  
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post-   after  
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anti-, contra-   against  
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ger/a, ger/o, geront/o   elderly or aged  
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aer/o, pneum/o   air  
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alveol/o   air sac  
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pan-   all  
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alveol/o   alveolus  
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amni/o   amnion  
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tars/o   ankle bone  
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an/o   anus or rectum  
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aort/o   aorta  
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append/o, appendic/o   appendix  
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axill/o   armpit  
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acr/o   arms and legs  
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circum-, peri-   around  
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arteriol/o   arteriole  
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arter/o, ateri/o   artery  
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arthr/o   articulation or joint  
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ab-, ex-   away from  
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dors/o   back  
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retr/o   backward  
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bacter/i, bacteri/o   bacteria  
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dys-, mal-   bad (difficult, poor)  
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ante-, pre-, pro-   before  
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gen/o, -gen, -genic, -genesis, -genous   beginning  
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poster/o, post-, retro-   behind  
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ventr/o   belly side  
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hypo-, sub-, infra-   below or beneath  
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hypo-   below normal  
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par-, para-   beside  
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inter-   between  
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supra-   beyond  
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bil/i, chol/e   bile  
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nat/i, nat/o   birth  
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par/o   birth/ give birth  
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-para   woman who has given birth  
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melan/o   black  
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cyst/o   bladder, sac  
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hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o, emia   blood  
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cyan-   blue  
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corpor/o, som/a, somat/o   body  
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oste/o   bone  
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myel/o   bone marrow or spinal cord  
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cerebr/o, encephal/o   brain  
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mamm/o, mast/o   breast  
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stern/o   sternum (breastbone)  
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-pnea   breathing  
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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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calcane/o   calcaneus  
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calc/i   calcium  
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lith/o, -lith   calculus (mineral deposits, stone)  
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cancer/o, carcin/o   cancer  
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carp/o   carpus (wrist)  
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chondr/o   cartilage  
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cec/o   cecum  
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cyt/o, -cyte   cell  
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cellul/o   compartment or little cell  
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cerebell/o   cerebellum  
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cerebr/o   cerebrum  
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cervic/o   cervix uteri  
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chem/o   chemical  
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thorac/o   chest  
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ped/o   child (foot)  
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ment/o   chin  
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clavicul/o   clavicle  
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thromb/o   blood clot (thrombus)  
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coccyg/o   coccyx  
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cry/o   cold  
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clavicul/o   collarbone  
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col/o, colon/o   colon  
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chrom/o   color  
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choledoch/o   common bile duct  
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-ia, -iasis, -osis, -y   condition  
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home/o   constant  
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-stasis   controlling  
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kerat/o   cornea  
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-spasm   cramp  
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crani/o   cranium  
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tom/o   cut (to cut)  
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-tomy, -tome   incision or cutting instrument used to cut  
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cyst/o   cyst  
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necr/o   death  
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-penia   decreased or deficient  
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lys/o   destruction  
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-lysin   that which destroys  
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-lysis   process of destroying  
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-lytic   capable of destroying  
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-plasia   development  
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dactyl/o   digit (finger or toe)  
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-ectasia, -ectasis   dilation  
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-rrhea   discharge, flow  
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path/o, -osis, -pathy   disease  
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lys/o   dissolving  
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dist/o   distant  
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diplo/o   double  
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de-   down  
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-ptosis   drooping  
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pharmac/o, pharmaceut/i   drugs, medicine  
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xer/o   dry  
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vas/o   duct, ductus deferens  
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duoden/o   duodenum  
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dur/o   dura matter  
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coni/o   dust  
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ot/o   ear  
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phag/o   eat  
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electr/o   electricity  
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embol/o   embolus  
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-blast, blast/o   embryonic form  
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fluor/o   emitting or reflecting light  
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-ase   enzyme  
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epiglott/o   epiglottis  
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esophag/o   esophagus  
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scop/o   examine  
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-scope   instrument used  
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-scopy   process of examining  
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hyper-, super-   excessive  
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-ectomy   excision  
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acr/o   extremities  
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opthalm/o   eye  
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blephar/o   eyelid  
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faci/o   face  
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dist/o   far  
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tachy-   fast  
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adip/o, lip/o   fat  
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-phobia   abnormal fear  
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esthesi/o   feeling or sensation  
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gynec/o   female  
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femor/o   femur  
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fet/o   fetus  
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olig/o   few  
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fibr/o   fiber, fibrous  
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fibul/o   fibula  
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pyr/o   fire  
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primi-   first  
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ichthy/o   fish  
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follicul/o   follicle  
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pro-   for  
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-stomy   formation of an opening  
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quadri-, tetra-   four  
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de-   from  
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anter/o   front  
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myc/o   fungus  
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chol/e   gall  
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cholecyst/o   gallbladder  
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gigant/o   giant  
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aden/o   gland  
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glomerul/o   glomerulus  
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gonad/o   gonad  
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eu-   good  
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chlor/o   green  
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-physis   growth  
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gingiv/o   gums  
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pil/o, trich/o   hair  
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hemi-, semi-   half  
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chir/o   hand  
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scler/o, kerat/o   hard, hardening  
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cephal/o   head  
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audi/o   hearing  
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cardi/o   heart  
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therm/o   heat  
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-rrhagia   hemorrhage  
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-cele, herni/o   hernia  
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crypt/o   hidden  
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kerat/o   horny tissue  
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humer/o   humerus  
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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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tom/o, -tomy   incision  
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-tome   instrument used for incision  
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-osis   increase  
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seps/o, sept/o   infection  
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infer/o   inferior  
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-itis   inflammation  
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phag/o, -phagia, -phagic, -phagy   ingest  
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in-, en-, end-, endo-   inside  
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insulin/o   insulin  
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enter/o, intestin/o   intestine  
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iod/o   iodine  
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ischi/o   ischium  
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jejun/o   jejunum  
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sym-, syn-   joined or together  
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-static   keeping stationary  
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nephr/o, ren/o   kidney  
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-cidal   killing  
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patell/o   kneecap  
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gigant/o, macro-, megalo-, -megaly   large  
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col/o   large intestine  
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laryng/o   larynx  
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bi/o   life or living  
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phot/o   light  
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cheil/o   lip  
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hepat/o   liver  
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top/o   position, location, place  
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lumb/o,   lower back  
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pneumo-, pneumon/o, pulm/o, pulmon/o   lung  
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lymph/o   lymph  
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lymph/o, lymphat/o   lymphatics  
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andr/o   male, masculine  
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-sarcoma   malignant tumor  
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multi-, poly-   many  
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agora-   marketplace  
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metr/o   measure or uterine tissue  
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-meter   instrument used to measure  
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-metry   process of measuring  
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-iatrics, -iatric, -iatry, pharmac/o   medicine  
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-eum, -ium   membrane  
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mening/o   meninges  
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medi/o, meso-, mid-   middle  
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obstetr/o   midwife  
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lact/o   milk  
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ment/o, phren/o, psych/o   mind  
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men/o   month  
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hyper-,   more than normal  
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or/o, stomat/o   mouth  
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kinesi/o   movement  
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muc/o, myx/   mucus  
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muscul/o, my/o   muscle  
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onych/o, ungu/o   nail  
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-stenosis   narrowing  
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physi/o   nature  
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par-, para-, proxim/o   near  
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cervic/o   neck  
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nerv/o, neur/o   nerve  
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gli/o   neuroglia  
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ne/o   new  
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-stomy   new opening  
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a-, an-   no  
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nulli-   none  
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norm/o, eu-   normal  
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nas/o, rhin/o   nose  
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a-, an-, in-   not  
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troph/o, -trophy   nutrition  
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-mania   obsessive preoccupation  
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ger/o, geront/o   old, elderly  
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uni-, mono-   one  
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centi-   one hundred, one-hundredth  
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milli-   one-thousandth  
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-er, -ist   one who  
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-logist   one who studies  
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cirrh/o   orange-yellow  
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genit/o, gon/o   organs of reproduction  
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gen/o, -gen, -genic, -genesis   origin  
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ex-, exo-   out  
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ecto-, exo-, extra-   outside  
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oophor/o   ovary  
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ox/o   oxygen  
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-algia, -dynia   pain  
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dys-   painful  
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pancreat/o   pancreas  
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pleg/o, -plegia   paralysis  
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parathyroid/o   parathyroids  
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pelv/i   pelvis  
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-esthesi/o, -esthesia   perception  
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periton/o   peritoneum  
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hidr/o   perspiration  
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-ac, -al, -eal, -ic, -ous   pertaining to  
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-logic, -logical   pertaining to the science or the study of  
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phalang/o   phalanges  
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pharyng/o   pharynx  
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-lexia   phrases  
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pituitar/o, hypophys/o   pituitary  
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pleur/o   pleura  
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tox/o, toxic/o   poison  
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-iatrician   practitioner  
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-mania   preoccupation (excessive)  
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-ation, -esis   process  
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-poiesis   production  
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-ptosis   prolapse  
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prostat/o   prostate gland  
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prote/o, protein/o   protein  
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pub/o   pubis  
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py/o   pus  
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radi/o   radiant energy, radius  
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gram/o   record (to record)  
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-graph   process of recording  
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-gram   the record  
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-graph   recording instrument  
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rect/o   rectum  
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erythr/o   red  
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erythemat/o   redness  
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-ectomy   removal  
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pyel/o   renal pelvis  
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plast/o   repair surgically  
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gon/o   reproduction  
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-oid   resembling  
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-esis   result of  
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retin/o   retina  
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de-   reversing  
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rheumat/o   rheumatism  
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cost/o   ribs  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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sacr/o   sacrum  
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-ptosis   sag  
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sial/o   saliva, salivary glands  
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home/o   sameness  
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scapul/o   scapula (shoulder blade)  
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seb/o   sebum  
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crin/o, -crine   secrete  
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-lepsy   seizure  
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aut/o   self  
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semin/o   semen  
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esthesi/o, -esthesia   sensation  
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algesi/o   sensitivity to pain  
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sept/o   septum  
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later/o   side  
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sigmoid/o   sigmoid colon  
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mono-   single  
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super/o, super-, supra-   situated above  
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infer/o, infra-   situated below  
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cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o, -derm   skin  
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crani/o   scull  
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brady-   slow  
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micro-, -ole   small  
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enter/o   small intestine  
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malac/o, -malacia   soft, softening  
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ech/o, son/o   sound  
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-ist   specialist  
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phas/o   speech  
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spermat/o   sperm, spermatozoa  
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rach/i, rachi/o, spin/o, spondyl/o   spine  
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splen/o   spleen  
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schis/o, schiz/o, -schisis, schist/o   split  
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amyl/o   starch  
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gli/o   sticky substance  
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-tropic   stimulate  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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lith/o, -lith   stone  
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-stasis   stopping  
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orth/o   straight  
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-ectasia, -ectasis   stretching  
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-logy   study or science of  
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narc/o   stupor  
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-poietin   substance that causes production  
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glyc/o, glycos/o, -ose   sugar  
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-tripsy   surgical crushing  
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pex/o, -pexy   surgical fixation  
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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-rrhaphy   suture  
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-hidr/o   sweat  
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-edema   swelling  
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caud/o   tail  
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coccyg/o   tailbone  
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tars/o   tarsals (ankle bones)  
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dacry/o, lacrim/o   tear, tearing, crying  
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dent/i, dent/o, odont/o   teeth  
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ten/o, tend/o   tendon  
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orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o, testicul/o   testis, testicle  
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-tropin   that which stimulates  
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dips/o   thirst  
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thorac/o   thorax  
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tri-   three  
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pharyng/o   throat  
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dia-, trans-   through  
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thyr/o, thyroid/o   thyroid gland  
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tibi/o   tibia  
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hist/o   tissue  
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tom/o   to cut  
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gloss/o, lingu/o   tongue  
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tonsil/o   tonsil  
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ad-   toward  
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trache/o   trachea  
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therapeut/o, -therapy   treatment  
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dendr/o   tree  
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onc/o, -oma   tumor  
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di-   twice  
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-spasm   twitching  
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bi-, di-   two  
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uln/o   ulna  
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omphal/o   umbilicus  
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sub-   under  
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epi-   upon (on)  
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super/o   uppermost  
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ureter/o   ureter  
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urethr/o   urethra  
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ur/o   urinary tract  
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urin/o   urination  
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ur/o, urin/o   urine  
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salping/o   uterine tube  
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hyster/o, uter/o   uterus  
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colp/o, vagin/o   vagina  
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vag/o   vagus nerve  
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phleb/o, ven/o   vein  
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ventr/o   ventral  
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venul/o   venule  
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spondyl/o, vertebr/o   vertebra  
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angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o   vessel  
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viscer/o   viscera  
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opt/o, optic/o, -opia, ocul/o   vision  
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phon/o   voice  
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-emesis   vomiting  
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vulv/o   vulva  
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hydr/o   water  
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-asthenia   weakness  
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alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o, leuc/o   white  
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trache/o   windpipe, trachea  
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intra-   within  
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a-, an-, ex-   without  
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-lexia   words  
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roentgen/o   x-ray  
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xanth/o   yellow  
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ather/o   yellow fatty plaque  
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