Suffixes – Chemistry – Flashcards
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| able |
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| ability |
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| al |
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| pertaining to |
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| algia |
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| pain in |
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| ase |
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| enzyme |
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| asthenia |
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| weakness in |
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| blast |
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| embryotic cell |
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| centesis |
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| surgical puncture of |
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| cidal |
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| killing |
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| clast |
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| broken |
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| centesis |
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| surgical puncture of |
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| cidal |
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| killing |
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| dipsia |
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| thirst |
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| drome |
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| disease |
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| ecstasis |
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| stretching or dilation |
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| ectomy |
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| surgical removal of |
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| emesis |
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| vomiting |
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| ernia |
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| in the blood |
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| er |
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| one who |
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| esthesia |
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| sensation |
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| gen |
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| substances or agent that produces or causes |
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| genesis |
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| origin or cause |
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| glia |
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| glue |
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| gnosis |
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| knowledge |
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| gram |
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| something written |
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| graphy(y) |
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| visualization of |
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| gravida |
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| number of pregnancies |
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| ia |
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| condition of diseased or abnormal state |
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| iasis |
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| a pathological condition |
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| ible |
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| ability |
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| ible |
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| ability |
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| ischemia |
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| lack of oxygen |
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| ism |
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| condition, state of theory |
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| ist |
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| specialist |
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| itia |
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| inflammation |
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| itis |
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| inflammation of |
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| ity |
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| quality |
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| logy |
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| study of |
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| logist |
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| one who studies |
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| lyte |
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| dissovable |
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| lytic |
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| destroy or reduce |
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| malac/ia |
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| softening of |
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| mania |
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| madness |
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| mania |
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| madness |
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| megaly |
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| enlargement of |
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| meter |
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| instrument used to measure |
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| metry |
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| process of measuring |
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| odia |
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| smell |
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| oid |
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| like or resembling |
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| oma |
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| tumor of |
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| opia |
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| vision |
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| opsy |
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| to view |
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| osis |
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| disease of or condition of |
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| ostomy |
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| create an artificial opening |
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| otomy |
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| cut into or incision |
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| ous |
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| possessing, having |
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| oxia |
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| oxygen |
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| paresis |
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| weakness of |
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| pathy |
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| disease of |
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| penia |
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| decrease in |
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| pepsis |
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| digestion |
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| pexy |
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| fixation |
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| phagia |
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| eating |
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| phasia |
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| speech |
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| phobia |
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| fear of |
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| plasty |
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| surgical repair of |
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| plasia |
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| formation or change in dvlpt. |
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| plegia |
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| paralysis |
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| pnea |
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| breathing |
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| poros |
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| passageway |
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| ptosis |
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| prolapse of |
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| rrhaphy |
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| suturing or stitching of |
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| rrhagia |
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| bursting forth of blood |
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| rrhea |
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| profuse flow |
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| rrhexis |
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| rupture of |
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| scope |
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| instrument used for visual examination |
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| scopy |
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| to examine/see |
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| sclerosis |
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| hardening |
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| sepsis |
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| infection |
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| spasm |
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| sudden involuntary muscle contraction |
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| stasis |
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| control or stop |
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| stomy |
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| to form a new opening |
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| therapy |
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| treatment |
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| tion |
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| condition or action |
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| tocia |
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| labor |
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| tome |
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| cutting instrument |
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| tomy |
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| to cut into |
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| tonic |
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| solution |
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| tripsy |
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| rubbing or grinding |
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| tropic |
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| influencing |
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| acr/o |
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| extremities |
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| aden/o |
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| gland |
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| adeno |
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| referring to glands |
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| ambi |
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| both |
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| angle |
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| tube, blood vessel |
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| ansi/o |
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| unequal |
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| append |
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| to hang something |
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| arche |
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| beginning |
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| arterio |
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| having to do with arteries |
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| artho |
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| joint |
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| athero |
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| fatty(porrige like) |
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| athlero |
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| hardening |
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| audi/o |
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| referring to sound |
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| blasto |
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| germ or embryotic |
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| bleph/o |
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| eyelid |
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| bronch |
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| windpipe |
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| burs/o |
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| purse of bag |
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| bydr |
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| water |
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| calcane |
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| heel |
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| carcino |
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| cancerous |
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| cardi/o |
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| heart |
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| carp/o |
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| wrist |
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| cent/i |
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| hundred |
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| ceph/cephalo |
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| head |
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| cerebr/o |
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| pertaining to the cerebrum |
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| cervic/o |
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| cervical |
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| cheil/o |
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| lips |
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| chlor/o |
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| green |
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| chloe |
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| pertaining to the gallbladder |
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| chondr/o |
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| inflammation of bone or cartilage |
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| cleav |
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| to divide |
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| coccyg/o |
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| coccygeal |
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| col |
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| colon |
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| cor/coreo |
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| pupil |
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| corneo |
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| cornea |
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| cortic |
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| cortex |
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| cost/o |
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| pertaining to ribs and cartilage |
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| cut/cutane |
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| to cut |
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| cyt |
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| cell |
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| dactyl |
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| finger |
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| dendr/o |
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| free |
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| dent/o |
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| teeth |
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| derm/o/dermat/o |
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| skin |
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| dext |
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| hand |
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| diastol |
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| dilation |
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| dipsia |
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| thirst |
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| disk |
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| intervertebral disk |
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| dors |
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| back |
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| duct |
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| lead or move |
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| duoden/o |
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| pertaining to the duodenum |
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| dur |
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| hard |
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| ech/o |
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| reflected sound |
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| electr/o |
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| charged unit |
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| embol |
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| stopper |
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| encephal/o |
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| brain |
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| enter/o |
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| intestines |
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| extension |
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| straighten or lengthen |
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| flexion |
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| bend or shorten |
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| gangli |
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| swelling |
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| gastr/o |
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| stomach |
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| genesis |
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| devlopment or creation |
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| germ |
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| to bud or sprout |
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| gloss/o |
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| tongue |
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| hema |
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| blood |
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| hepato |
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| liver |
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| homeo |
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| same |
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| humer |
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| fluid |
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| humer/o |
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| upper arm bone |
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| hydr/o |
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| water |
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| hyst/o |
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| pertaining to the tissues |
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| hyster/o |
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| uterus |
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| irid |
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| iris |
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| ischi |
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| hip |
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| kal |
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| potassium |
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| kerat/o |
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| cornea |
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| lacr/i |
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| tear duct |
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| lact |
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| milk |
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| leuko |
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| white |
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| lip/o |
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| fat |
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| lith/o |
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| pertaining to stones |
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| lumb/o |
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| lumbar |
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| lymph/o |
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| pertaining to the lymphs |
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| macro |
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| abnormally large |
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| mast |
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| breast |
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| megal/o |
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| enlarged |
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| melan |
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| black |
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| men/o |
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| menstration |
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| mening |
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| meninges |
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| micro |
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| abnormally small |
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| mict |
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| to pass urine |
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| morph |
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| to change |
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| muc/o |
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| pertaining to the mucous |
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| myc |
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| fungus |
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| myel/o |
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| pertaining to the bone marrow or the spinal cord |
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| myo |
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| muscle |
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| necr |
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| death |
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| neo |
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| new |
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| nephr |
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| kidney |
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| neur |
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| nerve |
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| noct |
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| night |
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| nutri |
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| nutrition |
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| occlusion |
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| blockage |
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| occular |
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| pertaining to the eyes |
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| olfact |
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| to smell |
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| onch/o |
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| pertaining to cancer |
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| oo |
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| egg |
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| oophor/o |
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| ovary |
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| ophtalm/o |
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| eyes |
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| oss/oste/o |
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| bone |
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| ot/o |
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| ears |
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| pancreat/o |
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| pancreas |
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| parietal |
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| membrane of the chest cavity wall |
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| path/o |
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| disease |
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| pector |
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| chest |
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| pepsia |
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| digestion |
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| peptic |
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| pertaining to digestion |
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| phag/o |
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| eat |
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| phleb |
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| vein |
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| phobia |
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| fear |
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| phon/o |
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| pertaining to voice sounds |
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| phys/io |
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| pertaining to the body |
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| pino |
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| to drink |
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| pleur |
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| rib |
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| pnea |
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| breathing |
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| pneum/o |
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| air |
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| pneumon |
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| lung |
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| pod |
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| foot |
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| proct/o |
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| anus and rectum |
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| psych/o |
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| mind |
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| pub |
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| public |
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| puber |
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| adult |
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| pyel/o |
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| renal pelvis |
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| pylor |
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| gatekeepr |
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| pyr |
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| fever |
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| rach |
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| spine |
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| pylor |
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| gatekeeper |
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| pyr |
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| fever |
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| rach |
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| spine |
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| radi/o |
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| pertaining to xray |
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| ren |
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| kidney |
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| ren/o |
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| pertaining to the kidney |
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| retin/o |
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| retina |
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| sacchar |
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| sugar |
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| sacr/o |
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| sacral |
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| sarco |
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| flesh |
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| scler |
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| hard |
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| sepsi |
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| infection |
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| ser/o |
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| pertaining to the intestine |
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| somat |
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| body |
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| son/o |
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| sound |
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| splen/o |
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| spleen |
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| squam/o |
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| scale |
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| stasis |
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| standing still |
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| stern |
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| sternal or sternum |
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| stoma |
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| mouth |
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| strat |
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| layer |
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| supra |
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| above |
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| syn |
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| together |
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| systol |
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| contraction |
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| tachy |
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| rapid |
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| ten/o |
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| pain in a tendon |
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| than |
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| death |
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| therm/o |
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| pertaining to temperature |
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| thorac/o |
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| thorax |
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| thromb/o |
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| cloth |
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| thym/o |
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| thymus |
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| thyr/o |
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| thyroid |
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| tom/o |
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| pertaining to nuclear imaging |
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| tympanic |
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| pertaining to the ear drums |
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| ur/o |
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| urine |
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| urethr/o |
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| urethra |
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| uria |
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| urine |
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| vasc |
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| pertaining to the vessels |
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| ven/o |
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| vein |
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| ventr |
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| belly or stomach |
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| vill |
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| hair |
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| visceral |
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| membrane that covers the surface of the lungs |
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| xanth/o |
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| yellow |
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| xer/o |
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| dry |
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| neur/o |
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| pertaining to the nerves |
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| balan/o |
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| glans penis |
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| end/o |
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