Medical Terminology (UF HSC3537) – Flashcards
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ab-
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away from
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abort/io-
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to miscarry (natural or induced)
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abrupt/io-
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to tear away from (HINT: when you move ABRUPT-ly you tear something away)
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abscess
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a going away (HINT: absence)
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acr/o-
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extremities, height and pointed (ACRO-bats go high)
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actin/o-
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sun, ray, radium
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-ac (-AL, -AR, -ARY, -ATE, -EUM, -IAC, -IC, -ICAL, -ILE, -IS, -IUM, -ORY, -OUS, -UM, -US)
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refers to, pertains to, or state of (cardi-AC refers to the heart)
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ad-
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near or beside (AD-renal gland is besides the kidney)
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adip/o- (steato-, lipo-)
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fat (LIPO-suction or (ADIP-oma aka fat tumor)
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af-
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toward (AF-ferent)
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alges/i- (-AGRA, -ALGIA, DOLO-, -DYNIA)
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pain
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alopec/i-
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baldness
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amylo-
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starch
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an-
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without or lack of (HINT: ANTI-pastas don't have pasta)
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an/o-
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ring (HINT: AN-al ring)
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ana-
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apart or up (HINT: you break apart the human body in ANA-tomy)
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anthrax
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coal or carbuncle (HINT: this disease looks like boils)
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aneursym-
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dilation or ballooning
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-apheresis
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to remove or separate (blood into parts)
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apo-
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above or upon
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-aria
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air (HINT: mal-ARIA aka the air is infected)
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articul/o-
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jointed (ARTICUL-ation is a jointed process)
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-ar
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refers to or pertains to
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ascar/i- (HELMINTH/O-, VERMI-)
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worm (HINT: worms are ASCA-ROSO)
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-ase
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enzyme (lact-ASE, catal-ASE, amyl-ASE)
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atelo-
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incomplete, without end, imperfect ending
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athero-
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porridge or yellow fat
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-ation
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process of or procedure of (circul-ATION)
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-atresia
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closure
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atri/o-
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chamber (HINT: ATRI-um is a chamber)
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attrit/i-
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wearing out (SPANISH: ATTRITIS)
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aur/i-
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ear
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auscult/o-
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to listen
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avuls/i- ( spadi-)
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to tear (AVULS-ion)
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bacill/o-
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rod-like (BACILL-us bacteria)
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balan/o-
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penis
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baro-
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weight
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bas/o-
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basic or at base (BAS-ic)
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beri-
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weakness (Sounds like very aka beri weak)
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bi- (CO-, BIN-, DI-, DIPLO-, DUO-, DYO-)
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two
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bil/i-
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bile or gall
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blenno-
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mucus (blenoma aka mucus tumor)
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blepharo- (PALPEBRA-)
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eyelid
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brach/i-
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arm (your arm is your branch)
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brachy-
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short (y makes it a short arm)
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bronch/i-
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windpipe or trachea-like
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brux-
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grinding (teeth)
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bucca-
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cheek
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bulba- (BULLA-, BLEB/O-)
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blister or vesicle
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calco-
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pebbles or granules of calcium mineral
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calx-
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heel or lime
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canth/o-
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corner of eye
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capit/o- (CAPUT, CEPHAL/O-)
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head (capital)
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capn/o-
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carbon dioxide (capno/graph)
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carbun/o- (CARBUNCUL/O-)
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glowing ember (growing boils)
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cata-
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breakdown or down (catastrophe)
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catarrh-
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to flow down
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catheter/o-
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to let down into (catheterization tube)
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caust/o- (CAUTER/O-)
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burn or heat (CAUSTION W THE HEAT)
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cebo-
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meal or food (SPANISH cebolla is food)
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cec/o-
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blind pouch
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-cele
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swelling or tumor
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celi/o-
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abdomen
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cellul/o-
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chambers (cellulitis)
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to drain fluid
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centr/i-
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center
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-cept-
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receiver (I received the concept)
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chancr/o-
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ulcer (sore)
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chiro-
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hand (CHIROPRACTICE)
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cholangio-
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bile duct
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chole-
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bile or gall (where does the cholesterol go?)
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cholecyst/o-
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gallbladder
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choledoch/o-
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gallbladder duct (canal)
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cholera
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biliary acute diarrhea
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-cid
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to kill (SUICID)
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cil/i-
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eyelash-like
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cine/o-
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movement filming
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circum-
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around (CIRCUMFERENCE)
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cirrh/o-
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yellow-orange (cirrhosis)
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-cis
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(to) cut (INCISION)
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-clast
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breakdown (Chloroplast breaks down for photosynthesis)
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clavicul/o-
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collarbone
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cleido-
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clavicle or collarbone
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clino-
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bent (SPANISH enCLINado)
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-clysis
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irrigation or injection
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coccyg/o-
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tailbone
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cochle/o-
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snail-like
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colpo-
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vagina
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com-
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together (compress)
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comato-
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deep sleep
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concuss/i-
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violent shaking (concussion)
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condylo-
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knuckle
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coni/o-
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dust
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-conis
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cone-shaped
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convolo-
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to roll together
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cori/o- ( CUT-, CUTI/O-, DERMAT/O-, DERMO-, -PELL)
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skin
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cornu-
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horn or horny
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coron/o-
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crowning
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coronal plane
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crowning or frontal body cut
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cortic/o-
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bark, outer bark, rind, cortex
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-creas
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fleshy or flesh (pancreas)
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crenat/o-
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notched
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-crine
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secrete (endocrine secretes)
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-crit
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separate
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cruc/i-
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cross or cross-like (crucified)
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cryo-
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cold
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crypto-
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hidden
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cubit/o-
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elbow
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culd/o-
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blind pouch
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-cule (-ICLE, -IOLE, -ULE, -ULA)
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little
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currett/o-
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scooping or scraping (curettage)
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-cusis
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hearing
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cusp/i-
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pointed
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-cyesis
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pregnancy
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cyst/o-
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bladder or sac
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cyte-
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cell or chamber
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-cytosis
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increase in cell numbers
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dacryo- (LACRIMO)
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tear
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dactylo-
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digits (fingers and toes)
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de-
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away (decrease)
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delta
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fan-shaped or triangular
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dem/o-
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people (demographics)
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demi- (DEMI-, HEMI-, SEMI-)
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half
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dendr/o-
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tree-shaped (dendrites)
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depress/o-
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lower (depression)
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derm/o- (CORI/O-, CUT-, CUTI/O-, DERMAT/O-, DERMO-, -PELL)
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skin
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-desis
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binding or to bind
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dia-
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across, through, total, between (diaphragm)
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-didymus
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testis or testes
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different- (-DEFERENS)
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to separate
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digit-
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finger or toe
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dips/o-
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thirst or thirsty
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doch/o-
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duct or canal
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dol/o- (-AGRA, ALGESIA-, -ALGIA, -DYNIA)
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pain (SPANISH dolor)
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dromo-
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running
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duct/o-
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to draw or to lead away (abduction)
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douden/o-
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twelve
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dy/o- (CO-, BI-, BIN-, DI-, DIPLO-, DUO-)
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two or a pair
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dys-
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difficult, faulty, painful
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e- (ec-, ect-, ex-, ext-)
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out or remove (eliminate)
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ec- (ECT-, ECTO-)
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outside, outward, outer, out
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eccrine-
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secreting or to secrete
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-ectasis
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dilation or enlargement
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-ectomy
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excision or removal (vasectomy)
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eczema
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to boil out (skin lesions)
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edema-
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swelling
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ef-
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away or out
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em-
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in
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-emesis
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vomit
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-emia
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blood
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emphysema
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puffed up
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en-
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in
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enamel
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hard
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endo-
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within or inside (endoderm)
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enuresis
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to void or expel urine
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eosin/o-
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rose-red color
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epi-
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upon (epidermis is upon skin)
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episi/o-
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pubic region or vulva
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ergo-
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work or labor
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erythemat/o-
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red or flushed
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erythr/o-
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red
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eso-
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toward (esophagus)
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ethes/i-
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physical feeling (anesthesia)
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estr/o-
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female (estrogen)
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eti/o-
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cause
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ex-
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out, outside, outward (exit)
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fasc/i-
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band
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febr/o-
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fever
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fec/o- (SCATO-, STERCO-)
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stool or fecal matter
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femor/o-
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thigh
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to carry
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FERRO-
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iron (ferrous)
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fet/o-
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young (fetus)
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fibrill/o-
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to quiver (fibrillation)
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fibul/o-
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to clasp
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fil-
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thread (filament)
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fiss-
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to split or splitting (fission)
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fistul/o-
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pipe or pipe stem
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foramen/o-
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opening
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fore-
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before (forehand)
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furun/o-
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boil
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geni/o
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chin
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genu-
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knee
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-gen
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origin, develop, to produce, to form, to make
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ger/o-
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old or old age
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gest-
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to bear or to separate (gestation)
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glandul/o-
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little acorn or gland
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glauc/o-
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waterfall or gray (glaucoma)
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gli/o-
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glue or glue-like
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glomerul/o-
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small round mass or tiny ball
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glott/o-
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back of tongue
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goiter
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swelling (throat)
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gon/o-
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seed or seed producer (gonorrhea)
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gout
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a drop
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-graft
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to probe or cut with a knife
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gravid/o-
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heavy or pregnant
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groin
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inguinal region
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gust/o-
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tasting or to taste
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hallux
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great or big toe
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helico-
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spiral (helicopters go spiral)
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helio-
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sun
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helminth/o-
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worms or worm
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heme-
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iron
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hemi-
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half
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hepat/o-
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liver
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hept/a-
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seven
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hiat-
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an opening
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hirsut-
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hairy or profound hair
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-hiscence
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to gape open
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hormon/o-
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to urge on
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humer/o-
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arm (upper)
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hyal/o-
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glassy or glass-like
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hyster/o-
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uterus
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iatr/o-
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treat or cure, procedure of treating
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-isy
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inflammed
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idio-
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unique to or unknown cause
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-id
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state of
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ile/o-
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twisted
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ilio-
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flank
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im-
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into or not (implant)
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immun/o-
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safe, protect, immune (immune)
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in situ
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in position or location
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in-
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into or not
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incus
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anvil (ear bone)
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infarct-
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to stuff into
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infect/o-
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to invade (infection)
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inflam/o-
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flame within (inflamation)
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infra-
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under or below
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inguin/o-
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groin
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integu-
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covering
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intro-
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within
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intus-
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within
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-in
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substance or chemical
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-iole
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smaller, lesser, diminutive
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ion/o-
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going or ion movement
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-ior
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one who is (inferior)
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-ious
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state of
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ipsi-
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equal
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ir-
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not or lack of (irregular)
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ir/o-
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rainbow
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isch/o-
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deficiency, blockage, to hold back
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ischi/o-
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hip joint or hip
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-ish
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resembling or related to (fetish)
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-ism
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state of or condition of
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iso-
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equal or same
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-ites
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dropsy or drooping
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-ity
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state of
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-ize
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state of or acts like
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jejuno-
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to empty (2nd part of small intestine)
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kali-
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potassium
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kary/o-
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nucleus
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kel/o-
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scar
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kerat/o-
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cornea or horny
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ket/o-
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sour or acid
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kraur/o-
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dryness
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kyph/o-
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hunchback
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labyrinth-
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maze
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lacer/o-
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tear or to tear
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lamin/o-
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thin, flat plate or thin layer
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lap/i-
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stone
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-lapse
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falling or slippage
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lax-
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to loosen or loosening (laxative)
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lei/o-
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smooth
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lent/o-
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freckle
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lepr/o-
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scaly
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lepto-
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thin or slender
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levat/o-
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lift up
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libid/o-
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desire
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lichen/i-
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plant
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lieno-
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spleen
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liga-
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to bind (ligament)
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lingu-
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tongue (lin
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-listhesis
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slippage
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lob/o-
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lobe
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lord/o-
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swayback or to bend
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lumb/o-
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loin
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lupus
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wolf
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lute/o-
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yellow
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lux-
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to dislocate
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lymplo-
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watery
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-lysis
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destruction, breakdown, declining
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macul/o-
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spot
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mall/e/olus
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little hammer
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malle/o-
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hammer
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mand/i-
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chew or chewer
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-mania
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madness
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masset/o-
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to chew or chewer
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masseur
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male massager
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mast/o-
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breast
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mastic/o-
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to chew or chewing
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-mata
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multiple
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measles
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rubella, redish or red
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meat/o-
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opening
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mei/o-
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lesser, smaller, fewer & constrict
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mio-
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lesser, smaller, fewer & constrict
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mel-
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sweet, honey, cheek, limb
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men/o-
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monthly or month
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mening/o-
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membrane
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menisc/o-
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crescent
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-mentum
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chin
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mes/o-
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middle
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metr/a-
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uterus or womb
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mictur/o-
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to make water or urinate
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-mitr/e
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headband or mitre box
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mol/o-
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to mill or grind
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mort/o-
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death
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mumps
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swelling
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mydri/o-
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to widen
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myx/o-
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mucus
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nano-
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1 billionth
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narc/o-
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sleep
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nares
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nose opening
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natri-
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sodium or salt
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navicul/o-
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boat or boat-shaped
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necr/o-
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death, dead, dying
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nev/o-
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birthmark
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-o/pexy
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to fixate, attach, sew
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-o/rrhea
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bursting forth or heavy flow
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-o/rrhexis
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rupture or protrusion
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oblique
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sidelong or slanted
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obstetr/i-
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midwife
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occipit/o-
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back of head
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occlusi/o-
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closure or blockage
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-oid
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resembling
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oleo-
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oil
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-oleum
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oil
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olig/o-
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few, scanty, slight, little
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-olog/y
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science or study of, process of
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omo-
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shoulder
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omphal/o-
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navel or umbilicus
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oophor/o-
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ovary
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opisth/o-
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backwards (or bending)
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orchi/o-
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teste or seed producer
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-orrhaphy
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suturing or repair
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orth/o-
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straight, normal, correct
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os-
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mouth
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oscill/o-
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to swing
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-ose
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sugar
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-osis
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condition of or disease
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osmo-
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smell
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oste/o-
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bone
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-ostomy
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mouth like opening produced by surgery
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ot/o-
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ear
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-otomy
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cutting, to cut, cut into
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-otripsy
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crushing or to crush
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ov/o-
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egg
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ox/y-
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sharp or oxygen molecules
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pachy-
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thick
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palat/o-
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palate, plate or plate of the mouth roof
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pall/o-
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pale or lack of color
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palpat/o-
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touching or to touch
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palpebra-
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eyelid
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palpit-
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quivering or fluttering
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palsy
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slight or moderate paralysis
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papilla-
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nipple
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para-
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near, beside, beyond, around, similar, abnormal
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pariet/o-
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wall or partition
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pedi-
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child
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pedicul/o-
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lice
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peli-
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purple
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pell-
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skin
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pelvi/o-
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base, basin, pelvis
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pen/o-
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tail, organ or copulation, penis
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-penia
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decrease in number
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peps/o-
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digestion
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per-
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through
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peri-
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around
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perine/o-
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base or floor
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periton/e-
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that which holds the lower viscera
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peroneo-
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pin or concerning the lower outside leg bone
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petech/i-
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small
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petit
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little illness
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phago-
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eat, eating, perverse appetite
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phalang/o-
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close knit row (fingers and toes)
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-pheresis
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withdrawal or to separate
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phim/o-
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to muzzle or muzzling
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phoc/o-
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seal
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phor/o-
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feeling (mental)
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-phoresis
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migration, transport, move or carry
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phrag/o-
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wall or partition
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phraso-
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speech or talk
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-phraxis
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stoppage or obstruction
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phren/o-
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mind or diaphragm
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-phylaxis
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protection or guard
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-physis
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growth or nature of
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pia-
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gentle
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pil/o-
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hair
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pinn/a-
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feather or feather like
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pituit/o-
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phlegm or glue-like mucus
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pityr/i-
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bran (cereal-like scales on skin)
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placent/a-
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cake
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-plakia
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plate or plate-like
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plant/o-
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sole of foot
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plas-
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growth, development, formation
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-pleg/ia
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paralysis
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pleur/o-
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side or rib
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-plexy
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paralysis
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-pnea
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breathe or breathing
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-poie/sis
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to make, form, produce
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poikil/o-
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irregular or varied shape
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poli/o-
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gray
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pollex-
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thumb
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pons
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bridge
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por/o-
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cavity or passage (porous)
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-pox
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pits
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prand/i-
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meal or breakfast
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-prax/ia
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movement or action
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prepuce
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foreskin or hood
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presbyo-
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old
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prone-
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to bend forward
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propri/o-
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property (nerve stimuli or information)
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prostat/o-
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one who lies before
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prot/o-
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first
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prur/i-
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itch or itching
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psoas
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loin (lumbar)
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psor/i-
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to itch
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pteryg/o-
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winged
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-ptosis
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to drop, fall, displace
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-ptysis
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spitting or spit
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pulp/o-
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solid flesh
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pupil
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purple
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pyel/o-
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pelvis or kidney
question
pykn/o-
answer
thick, dense, compact
question
pyl/o-
answer
gatekeeper
question
pyo-
answer
pus
question
pyret/o-
answer
fever
question
radi/o-
answer
ray, spoke, x-ray, radio activity
question
redic/o-
answer
nerve root or spinal nerve
question
ray-
answer
spoke or wave length
question
ren/o-
answer
kidney
question
reticul/o-
answer
network (ret = net)
question
retr/o-
answer
back of, behind, backward, after
question
rhachi/o-
answer
jointed vertebrate, spine, spinal column
question
rheumat/o-
answer
discharge or flow through
question
rhin/o-
answer
nose
question
rhomb/o-
answer
parallelogram or diamond shaped
question
rhytid/o-
answer
wrinkles
question
richetts/ia
answer
rickets-symptoms in joints
question
roent/o-
answer
x-ray
question
rotat/o-
answer
to turn or swing around
question
rube/o-
answer
red
question
rug/a-
answer
folds
question
sacchar/o-
answer
sugar
question
sacr/o-
answer
saucer or sacred bone
question
sagitt/o-
answer
arrow or arrow like
question
salping/o-
answer
tube, duct, canal
question
sarc/o-
answer
fleshy
question
scab/o-
answer
to itch
question
scapul/o-
answer
shoulder blade
question
schiz/o-
answer
split or splitting
question
scot/o-
answer
darkness
question
scrot/o-
answer
sac or pouch
question
scurvy
answer
to scratch (vitamin D deficiency)
question
seb/o-
answer
oil
question
secreto-
answer
separating or to separate
question
sect/o-
answer
to cut
question
semin/o-
answer
seed or seed producer
question
senil/e-
answer
old
question
sept/a-
answer
partition or wall
question
sept/o-
answer
poison, infection, decay, putrefy
question
sial/o-
answer
saliva or spit
question
sider/o-
answer
iron
question
sin/o-
answer
cavity
question
sinistr/o-
answer
to the left or left
question
skelet/o-
answer
dried up or to attach
question
som/o-
answer
body
question
somn/o-
answer
sleep
question
spad/i-
answer
to tear
question
sphinct/o-
answer
that which binds together
question
sphygm/o-
answer
pulse
question
sphyxi/o-
answer
pulse or lack of pulse
question
spin/o-
answer
thorn or thorny
question
spir/o-
answer
breathe or breathing
question
splanchn/o-
answer
organ
question
splen/o-
answer
spleen
question
squam/o-
answer
scaly
question
-stalsis
answer
to contract
question
staped/o-
answer
stirrup
question
staphyl/o-
answer
grape or grape-like clusters
question
-stasis
answer
stoppage, standing, location
question
-stat
answer
to stop or immediately
question
-staxia
answer
dripping or tickling
question
steat/o-
answer
fat
question
sten/o-
answer
narrowing
question
stereo-
answer
three dimensional or solid
question
stern/o-
answer
chest sternum or breastbone
question
strabism/o-
answer
to squint or squinting
question
strat/i-
answer
layer
question
strept/o-
answer
twisted or twisted chain
question
stri/a-
answer
stripes or threads
question
strict/o-
answer
drawing or binding
question
sty/e
answer
raised
question
sulf/o-
answer
sulfur
question
supinat/o-
answer
to throw backward
question
sur/a-
answer
on calf of leg
question
syncope
answer
to faint or fainting
question
tachy-
answer
fast or swift
question
tal/o-
answer
ankle
question
tars/o-
answer
broad flat surface
question
tart/o-
answer
dregs, sediment or particles
question
tax/o-
answer
arrange, to order, to organize, locate
question
tel/o-
answer
end or outward
question
tempor/o-
answer
temple
question
ten/o-
answer
tendon
question
terat/o-
answer
monster
question
teres
answer
round
question
tetan/o-
answer
spasm(s)
question
thanat/o-
answer
death
question
thel/o-
answer
nipple
question
then/o-
answer
palm of hand or sole of foot
question
theo-
answer
God
question
thromb/o-
answer
clot, clump together, curdle
question
thym/o-
answer
soul, emotion, flowery smell
question
thyr/o-
answer
shield or shield-shaped
question
tibia-
answer
shinbone
question
-tic
answer
capable or or state to
question
tinea-
answer
fungus
question
tinnitus
answer
jingling, tinkling, ringing
question
-tion
answer
process of or procedure of
question
-tive
answer
nature of or quality of
question
toci/o-
answer
birth, giving birth, birthing
question
-tom/e
answer
cutting instrument
question
ton/o-
answer
tension, tone, pressure
question
tonsill/o-
answer
almond shape
question
top/o-
answer
location
question
torsi-
answer
twisted
question
tox/o-
answer
poison
question
trache/o-
answer
rough
question
tract/o-
answer
to draw or pull
question
trans-
answer
across or through
question
-tresia
answer
perforation or opening
question
triage
answer
to sort or classify
question
trich/o-
answer
hair
question
-trigo-
answer
rubbing
question
trochle/o-
answer
pulley or pulley-like
question
trop/o- (trop/in)
answer
stimulate or to turn
question
troph/o-
answer
development, nourishment, or nutrition
question
-tripsy
answer
to crush
question
trypan/o-
answer
borer, to bore, drill
question
tub/o-
answer
canal or tube
question
tubercul/o-
answer
swelling, nodule, tubercule
question
tum/o-
answer
swelling or tumor growth
question
turgor/o-
answer
swelling
question
-tussis
answer
cough
question
tympan/o-
answer
eardrum
question
typh/o-
answer
stupor
question
ulcer-
answer
sore
question
-ule
answer
small or lesser
question
uln/a-
answer
elbow
question
ultra-
answer
beyond
question
umbilic/o-
answer
navel
question
unguin/o-
answer
nail
question
ur/o-
answer
urine
question
ureter/o-
answer
small canal
question
urethero-
answer
canal
question
urticari/o-
answer
hives or nettles
question
utero-
answer
womb
question
uve/a-
answer
grape
question
vag/o-
answer
wanderer (the longest cranial nerve)
question
vagin/o-
answer
sheath
question
valg/u-
answer
inward
question
valvul/o-
answer
tiny fold or small valve
question
var/u-
answer
outward
question
varic/o-
answer
twisted
question
varicella
answer
tiny spot
question
vas/o-
answer
vessel
question
ven/o-
answer
vein
question
ventr/o-
answer
belly
question
vera-
answer
true
question
vermi-
answer
worm
question
verruca/e-
answer
wart
question
-version
answer
turn or to turn
question
vertebr/o-
answer
jointed
question
vertigo
answer
whirling
question
vesic/o-
answer
sac or small blister
question
vill/i-
answer
shaggy hair
question
vir/o-
answer
poison
question
viscer/a-
answer
organ
question
vit/o-
answer
alive, life, living
question
vitilig/o-
answer
to corrupt
question
volv/o-
answer
to twist, twisting, rolling
question
vulv/o-
answer
covering
question
wheal
answer
round or circle
question
whitlow
answer
white flow
question
xanth/o-
answer
yellow
question
xen/o-
answer
strange or foreign
question
xero-
answer
dry
question
yaws
answer
raspberry appearance
question
-y
answer
procedure of or process of
question
zygo-
answer
union
question
A & A
answer
awake and aware
question
A & O
answer
alert and oriented
question
A & W
answer
alive and well
question
ACL
answer
anterior cruciate ligament
question
ad. lib.
answer
as desired or at liberty
question
ALL
answer
allergy or acute leukocytic leukemia
question
AMA
answer
against medical advice
question
ASTOL
answer
as tolerated
question
B1
answer
thiamine HCL vitamin or 1st degree burn
question
B2
answer
riboflavin vitamin or 2nd degree burn
question
B6
answer
pyridoxine HCL vitamin
question
B7
answer
biotin vitamin
question
B8
answer
adenosine phosphate vitamin
question
BaE
answer
barium enema
question
BID
answer
two times per day
question
BP
answer
blood pressure
question
BS
answer
blood sugar, bowel sounds, before sleep, breath sounds, Blue Shield
question
BT
answer
body temperature, bleeding time, brain tumor
question
BUN
answer
blood urea nitrogen
question
BX
answer
biopsy or Blue Cross
question
CC
answer
chief complaint or chief component
question
CF
answer
cystic fibrosis
question
CNA
answer
chart not available, certified nurse's aid
question
COPD
answer
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
question
CO
answer
cardiac output or computer order
question
CVA
answer
cerebrovascular accident
question
D & D
answer
diarrhea and dehydration
question
DAD
answer
drug administration device
question
DAT
answer
diet as tolerated
question
DD
answer
differential diagnosis
question
DNS
answer
did not show
question
DPT
answer
diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus
question
DX & PX
answer
diagnosis and prognosis
question
DZ
answer
disease or dozen
question
ENT
answer
ear, nose and throat
question
ESWL
answer
extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy
question
FBS
answer
fasting blood sugar
question
FOD
answer
free of disease
question
Fx
answer
fracture or fractional urine
question
GH
answer
growth hormone
question
GI
answer
gastrointestinal or granuloma inguinal
question
GTT
answer
drop, drops, or glucose tolerance test
question
HI, HOH
answer
hearing impaired and hard of hearing
question
I & O
answer
intake and output
question
ID
answer
infection disease, initial dose, intradermal
question
IV
answer
intravenous
question
LBP
answer
low blood pressure
question
MD
answer
muscular dystrophy, manic depression, mental deficiency, medical doctor
question
MMR
answer
measles, mumps and rubella
question
MS
answer
multiple sclerosis, mitral stenosis
question
N & V
answer
nausea and vomiting
question
NPO
answer
nothing by mouth
question
OTC
answer
over the counter
question
PE
answer
physical exam, pulmonary embolism, pleural effusion
question
PRN
answer
as needed
question
PROM
answer
partial range of motion
question
QD
answer
every day or once a day
question
QID
answer
four times per day
question
Q
answer
every
question
RBC
answer
red blood cell
question
ROS
answer
review of systems
question
RR
answer
respiration rate of recovery room
question
Rx
answer
prescription, drug, medication, reaction
question
sig.
answer
let it be written, label, instructions
question
SOB
answer
shortage of breath
question
stat
answer
immediate
question
SX
answer
symptom, sign, surgery
question
TBC
answer
tuberculosis, total blood (cell) count
question
TENS
answer
trascutaneous electric nerve stimulation
question
TIA
answer
transient ischemic attack
question
TKO
answer
to keep open
question
TPR
answer
temperature, pulse, respiration
question
UE
answer
upper extremity
question
ung
answer
ointment
question
US
answer
ultrasound, unit secretary
question
UTD
answer
up to date
question
VO
answer
verbal order
question
WBC
answer
white blood cells or white blood count
question
X & D
answer
examination and diagnosis
question
YO
answer
years old
question
-ference
answer
to carry
