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| kinesi/o | movement
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| kyph/o | hump
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| lacrim/o | tear
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| lact/o | milk
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| limin/o | lamina (a thin plate, scale, or layer)
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| laryng/o | larynx
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| lob/o | lobe
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| lord/o | curve
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| lumb/o | lumbar (lower back)
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| lute/o | yellow
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| lymphaden/o | lymph gland
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| mamm/o | breast
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| mandibul/o | mandible (lower jawbone)
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| mast/o | breast
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| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jawbone)
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| meat/o | meatus (an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant)
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| men/o | menstruation, month
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| mening/o, meningi/o | meninges
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| menisc/o, menisci/o | meniscus (a disk of cartilage between the articulating ends of the bones in a joint)
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| ment | mind
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| metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand)
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| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot)
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| metr/o | uterus, measure
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| metr/i | uterus
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| mon/o | one
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| muc/o | mucus
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| my/o, muscul/o | muscle
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| myc/o | fungus
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| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord
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| myring/o | ear drum
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| myx/o | mucus
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| nas/o | nose
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| nat/a, nat/i | birth
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| natr/o | sodium
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| necr/o | death
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| nephr/o | kidney
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| neur/o | nerve
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| noct/i | night
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| ocul/o | eye
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| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow)
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| olig/o | scant, few
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| onych/o | nail
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| oo/o | egg
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| oophor/o | ovary
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| ophthalm/o | eye
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| opt/o | eye, vision
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| optic/o | eye
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| orchi/i, orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o | testicle
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| orth/o | straight
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| ot/o | ear
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| ov/o | egg
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| ovari/o | ovary
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| ovul/o | ovulation
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| ox/i, ox/o | oxygen
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| oxy/o | oxygen
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| oxy/o | oxygen
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| pachy/o | thick
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| palat/o | palate
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| palpebr/o | eyelid
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| pancreat/o | pancreas
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| papill/o | optic nerve
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| patell/o | patella (kneecap)
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| pelv/i | pelvis (hip)
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| pericardi/o | pericardium (the membranous sac enclosing the heart)
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| perine/o | perineum (the area in front of the anus extending to the fourchette of the vulva in the female and to the scrotum in the male)
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| petr/o | stone
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| phac/o | eye lens
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| phak/o | eye lens
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| phalang/o | phalanges (finger or toe)
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| pharyng/o | pharynx
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| phas/o | speech
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| phleb/o | vein
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| phren/o | mind, diaphragm
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| phys/o | growing
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| pil/o | hair
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| pituitar/o | pituitary gland
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| pleur/o | pleura (a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax)
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| pneumat/o | lung/air
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| pneumon/o | lung/air
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| poli/o | gray matter
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| polyp/o | polyp
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| pont/o | pons (Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum)
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| pub/o | pubis
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| pulmon/o | lung
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| pupill/o | pupil
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| py/o | pus
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| pyel/o | renal pelvis (a small funnel-shaped cavity of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter)
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| pylor/o | pylorus (the opening between the stomach and the duodenum)
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| rachi/o | spine
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| radic/o, radicul/o | nerve root
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| ren/o | kidney
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| retin/o | retina
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| rhin/o | nose
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| rhiz/o | nerve root
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| rhytid/o | wrinkle
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| rube/o | red
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| sacr/o | sacrum
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| salping/o | uterine tube, fallopian tube
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| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder)
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| scler/o | sclera (a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball)
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| scoli/o | bent
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| seb/o | sebum/oil
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| semin/i | semen
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| sept/o | septum (a dividing wall, membrane, or the like, in a plant or animal structure)
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| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon
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| somat/o | body
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| son/o | sound
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| sperm/o, spermat/o | sperm
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| sphygm/o | pulse
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| spir/o | breath
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| splen/o | spleen
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| spondyl/o | vertebra
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| staped/o | middle ear, stapes
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| staphyl/o | clusters
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| ster/o, stere/o | solid, having three dimensions
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| stern/o | sternum (breast bone)
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| strept/o | twisted chain
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| synovi/o | synovial joint membrane
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| tars/o | tarsal (ankle)
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| ten/o | tendon
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| tend/o, tendin/o | tendon (connective tissue)
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| test/o | testicle
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| thorac/o | thorax (chest)
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| thromb/o | clot
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| thym/o | thymus gland
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| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland
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| tibi/o | shin bone
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| toc/o | childbirth
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| tonsill/o | tonsil
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| top/o | place
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| tox/o, toxic/o | poison
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| trache/o | trachea
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| trich/o | hair
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| tympan/o | eardrum
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| uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone)
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| ungu/o | nail
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| ur/o | urine
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| ureter/o | ureter
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| urethr/o | urethra
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| urin/o | urine
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| uter/o | uterus
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| uve/o | uvea (the vascular middle layer of the eye constituting the iris, ciliary body, and choroid)
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| valv/o, valvul/o | valve
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| vas/o, vascul/o | vessel
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| ven/o | vein
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| ventricul/o | ventricle
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| vertebr/o | vertebra
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| vesic/o | bladder
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| vesicul/o | seminal vesicles (either of two small saclike glands, located on each side of the bladder in males, that add nutrient fluid to semen during ejaculation)
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| vitre/o | glass/glassy
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| vulv/o | vulva
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| xer/o | dry
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| xanth/o | yellow
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| osche/o | relating to the scrotum
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