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Medical Terminology & Anatomy for ICD-10 Coding

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Term
Definition
-a   noun ending  
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a-   no, not, without, lack of  
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ab-   away from  
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abdomin/o   abdomen  
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-abrasion   scraping of  
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-ac   pertaining to  
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ac-   toward  
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acetabul/o   acetabulum (hip socket)  
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achil/o   Achilles tendon  
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acid/o   acid  
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acous/o   hearing  
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acro-   heights, extremes, extremities  
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acromi/o   acromion process  
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act/o, act/i   rays  
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acu-   sharp  
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-acusis   hearing  
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-ad   toward  
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ad-   toward  
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aden/o   gland  
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adenoid/o   adenoid (pharyngeal tonsil)  
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adip/o   fat  
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adipos/o   fat  
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adnex/o   accessory  
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adren/o   adrenal gland  
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adrenal/o   adrenal gland  
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aer/o   air  
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af-   toward  
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agglutin/o   clumping  
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agora-   marketplace  
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-al   pertaining to  
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-algia   pain  
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al/i, al/o   wing  
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aliment/o   nutrition  
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allo-   other, different  
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alveol/o   small cavity, alveolus  
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-alysis   breaking down, separating, freeing from adhesions, loosening  
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ambly/o   dim, dull  
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ambul/o   walking  
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amel/o   enamel  
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amni/o, amnion/o, -amnios   amnion, inner fetal sac  
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amphi-   both  
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amyl/o   starch  
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-an   pertaining to  
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an-   no, not, without  
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an/o   anus  
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ana-   up, apart, away  
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andr/o   male  
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angi/o   vessel  
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ankyl/o   stiffening  
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annul/o   annulus, ring  
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-ant   pertaining to  
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ante-   forward, in front of, before  
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anter/o   front  
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anthrop/o   man  
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anti-   against  
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antr/o   antrum, cavity  
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aort/o   aorta (largest artery)  
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-apheresis   removal  
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aphth/o   ulceration  
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apic/o   pointed extremity, apex  
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apo-   separate, away from  
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append/o, appendic/o   vermiform appendix, that which is added  
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apendicul/o   appendicular  
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-ar   pertaining to  
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-arche   beginning  
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arteri/o   artery  
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arteriol/o   arteriole (small artery)  
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arthr/o   articulation (joint)  
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articul/o   articulation (joint)  
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-ary   pertaining to  
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-ase   enzyme  
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astr/o   star  
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ather/o   fat, plaque  
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-atic   pertaining to  
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-ation   process of  
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atlant/o   1st cervical vertebra (atlas) (C1)  
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-atory   pertaining to  
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atri/o   atrium  
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audi/o   hearing  
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aur/o   hearing  
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auricul/o   auricle, pinna  
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auto-   self  
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axill/o   axilla (armpit)  
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axi/o   axial, axis bone (2nd cervical vertebra) (C2)  
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azyg/o   without a yoke  
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bacteri/o   bacteria  
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balan/o   glans penis  
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band/o   Bands  
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bartholin/o   Bartholin gland  
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bas/o   base, bottom  
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bi-   two  
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bi/o   life, living  
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bil/i   bile  
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bin-   two  
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-blast   embryonic, immature  
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blast/o   embryonic, immature  
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blephar/o   eyelid  
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bol/o   to throw, throwing  
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brachi/o   arm  
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brady-   slow  
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brom/o   odor, stench  
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bronch/o   bronchus  
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bronchi/o   bronchus  
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bronchiol/o   bronchiole  
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bucc/o   cheek  
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bulb/o   globe  
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bunion/o   bunion  
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burs/o   bursa  
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calc/o, calc/i   calcium  
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calcane/o   calcaneus (heelbone)  
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cali/o   calyx, calix  
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calic/o   calyx, calix  
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calyc/o   calyx, calix  
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canalicul/o   canaliculus, (little canal)  
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canth/o   canthus (corner of eye)  
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capit/o   head  
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capn/o   carbon dioxide  
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carcin/o   epithelial cancer  
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-carcinoma   cancer of epithelial origin  
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cardi/o   heart  
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cardiomy/o   heart muscle  
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-cardia   condition of the heart  
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carp/o   carpus (wrist)  
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cartilag/o   cartilage  
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cata-   down  
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caud/o   tail  
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caus/o   burning  
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cauter/i   burning  
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cec/o   cecum (first part of large intestine)  
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-cele   herniation, protrusion  
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celi/o   abdomen  
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cellul/o   cell  
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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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cephal/o   head  
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-cephalus   head  
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-ceps   heads  
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cerebell/o   cerebellum  
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cerebr/o   cerebrum  
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cerumin/o   cerumen (earwax)  
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cervic/o   neck, cervix  
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-chalasia   relaxation, slackening  
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-chalasis   relaxation, slackening  
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cheil/o   lips  
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chem/o   drug, chemical  
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chol/e   bile, gall  
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cholangi/o   bile vessel  
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cholecyst/o   gallbladder  
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choledoch/o   common bile duct  
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cholesterol/o   cholesterol  
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chondr/o   cartilage  
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chord/o   cord, spinal cord  
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chori/o   chorion (outer fetal sac)  
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chorion/o   chorion (outer fetal sac)  
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choroid/o   choroid  
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chrom/o   color  
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chromat/o   color  
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chron/o   time  
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chyl/o   lymph  
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chym/o   juice  
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cili/o   tiny hairs  
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circum-   around  
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cirrh/o   orange-yellow  
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-cision   cutting  
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cistern/o   box, cistern  
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-clasis   intentional breaking  
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-clast   breaking down  
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claustr/o   closing  
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clav/i   clavicle (collarbone)  
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clavicul/o   clavicle (collarbone)  
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cleid/o   clavicle (collarbone)  
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clitorid/o   clitoris  
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-clysis   washing  
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coagul/o   clotting  
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-coagulation   process of clotting  
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coccyg/o   coccyx (tailbone)  
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cochle/o   cochlea  
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coll/o   neck  
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col/o   colon (large intestine)  
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colon/o   colon (large intestine)  
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colp/o   vagina  
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con-   together  
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condyl/o   condyle, knob  
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coni/o   dust  
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conjunctiv/o   conjunctiva  
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contra-   opposite, against  
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cor/o   pupil  
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corac/o   coracoid process of the scapula  
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cord/o   cord,spinal cord  
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cordi/o   heart  
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core/o   pupil  
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corne/o   cornea  
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coron/o   crown, heart  
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corpor/o   body  
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corrug/o   wrinkled  
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cortic/o   cortex (outer portion)  
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cost/o   costa (rib)  
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cox/o   coxa (hip)  
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crani/o   skull  
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crepit/o   crackling  
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cret/o   to grow  
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crin/o   to secrete, secreting  
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-crine   to secrete, secreting  
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-crit   to separate, separating  
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crur/o   leg  
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cry/o   extreme cold  
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crypt-   hidden  
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cuboid/o   cuboid bone, box-shaped  
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cubit/o   elbow, forearm  
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culd/o   cul-de-sac (rectouterine pouch)  
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cune/o   cuneiform bone  
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-cusis   hearing  
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cusp/o   point, cusp  
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cut/o   skin  
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cutane/o   skin  
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cyan/o   blue  
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cycl/o   ciliary body, recurring, round  
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-cyesis   pregnancy,gestation  
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-cyst   sac  
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cyst/o   bladder, sac  
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cyt/o   cell  
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-cyte   cell  
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-cytosis   condition of abnormal increase in cells  
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dacry/o   tear  
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dacryoaden/o   lacrimal gland  
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dacryocyst/o   lacrimal gland  
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dactyl/o   digitus (finger or toe)  
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de-   down, lack of  
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delt/o   triangle, deltoid muscle  
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dendr/o   dendrite, tree  
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densit/o   density  
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dent/i   teeth  
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-derma   skin condition  
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derm/o   skin  
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dermat/o   skin  
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-desis   binding  
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dextr/o   right  
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di-   two, both  
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dia-   through, complete  
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diaphragm/o   diaphragm  
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diaphragmat/o   diaphragm  
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digit/o   finger or toe  
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depl/o   double  
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dips/o   thirst  
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dis-   bad/abnormal,apart  
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disc/o   disc  
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dist/o   far  
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diverticul/o   diverticulum, pouch  
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dors/o, dors/i   back  
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-drome   to run, running  
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duct/o   to carry, carrying  
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duoden/o   duodenum  
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dur/o   dura mater, hard  
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dynam/o   power  
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-dynia   pain  
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dys-   bad, difficult, painful, abnormal  
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-e   noun ending  
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e-   outward, out  
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-eal   pertaining to  
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ec-   out. outward  
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echo-   sound, reverberation  
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-ectasia   condition of expansion, dilation  
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-ectasis   expansion,dilation  
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-ectomy   cutting out  
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-edema   swelling  
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ef-   away from  
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electr/o   electricity  
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-emesis   vomiting, vomit  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-emphraxis   obstructing, crushing  
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-emulsification   breaking down  
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en-   in  
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encephal/o   brain  
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end-   within  
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endo-   within  
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endocardi/o   inner lining of the heart  
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endometri/o   endometrium, inner lining of cervix  
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-ent   pertaining to  
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enter/o   small intestines, intestines  
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eosin/o   rosy-colored  
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epi-   above, upon  
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epicardi/o   epicardium  
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epicondyl/o   epicondyle  
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epididym/o   epididymis  
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epiglott/o   epiglottis  
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epipllo/o   omentum  
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episi/o   vulva (external female genitalia)  
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epitheli/o   epithelium  
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erythmat/o   red  
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eryhr/o   red  
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eschar/o   scab  
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-esis   state of  
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eso-   inward  
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esophag/o   esophagus  
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esthesi/o   felling, sensation  
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-esthetica   feeling, sensation  
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ethmoid/o   ethmoid bone, sieve  
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eu-   healthy, normal  
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ex-   out  
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exanthemat/o   rash  
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-exeresis   tearing out  
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-exia   condition  
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exo-   outside  
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extra-   outside  
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extern/o   outer  
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faci/o   face  
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fasci/o   fascia  
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fec/a   feces, stool  
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femor/o   femur (thigh bone)  
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fer/o   to bear, carry  
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-ferous   pertaining to carrying  
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fetish/o   charm  
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fet/o   fetus  
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fibr/o   fiber  
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fibrin/o   fibrous substance  
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fibul/o   fibula (lower lateral leg bone)  
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-fida   to split, splitting  
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fissur/o   deep cleft or groove  
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flex/o   to bend, bending  
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fluor/o   to flow, flowing  
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-flux   to flow, flowing  
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follicul/o   follicle  
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foramin/o   hole, foramen  
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-form   shape  
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fornic/o   arched structure,fornix  
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foss/o   hollow,depression  
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fren/o   frenulum (of tongue and lip)  
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frenul/o   frenulum (of tongue and lip)  
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front/o   front, forehead  
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fund/o   fundus (base, bottom)  
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-fusion   process of pouring  
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galact/o   milk  
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gangli/o   ganglion  
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ganglion/o   ganglion  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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-gen   producing  
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-geneic   pertaining to produced by  
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-genesis   production, origin  
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-genic   pertaining to produced by  
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geni/o   chin  
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-genous   pertaining to originating from  
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gen/u   knee  
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ger/o   old age  
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germ/i   sprout  
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gingiv/o   gums  
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glauc/o   gray, bluish green  
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glen/o   glenoid cavity (arm socket)  
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-glia   glia cell,glue  
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-globin   protein substance  
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-globulin   protein substance  
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globulin/o, globin/o   protein  
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glomerul/o   glomerulus  
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gloss/o   tongue  
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gluc/o   sugar, glucose  
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glucos/o   sugar, glucose  
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glute/o   gluteus (buttocks)  
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glyc/o   sugar, glucose  
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glycos/o   sugar, glucose  
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gnath/o   jaw, entire  
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-gnosis   state of knowledge  
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gon/o   seed  
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gonad/o   gonad, sex organ  
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goni/o   angle  
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-grade   flow  
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-gram   record, recording  
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granul/o   little grain  
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-graph   instrument to record  
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-graphy   recording  
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gravid/o   pregnancy, gestation  
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-gravida   pregnancy, gestation  
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gryph/o   curved  
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gyn/e   female, woman  
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gynec/o   female, woman  
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halit/o   breath  
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hal/o   to breathe, breathing  
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haluc/o   hallux (great toe)  
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hedon/o   pleasure  
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helic/o   helix, coil  
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hem/o   blood  
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hemangi/o   blood vessel  
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hemat/o   blood  
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hemi-   half  
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hepat/o   liver  
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herni/o   hernia  
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hiat/o   an opening  
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hidr/o   sweat  
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hidraden/o   sudoriferous gland (sweat gland)  
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hil/o   hilum  
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hist/o   tissue  
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home/o   same  
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homo-   same  
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humer/o   humerus (upper arm bone)  
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humor/o   liquid  
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hydatid/i   water drop  
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hydr/o   water, fluid  
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hymen/o   hymen  
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hyoid/o   hyoid bone  
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hyper-   excessive, above  
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hypn/o   sleep  
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hypo-   deficient, below, under, decreased  
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hypophys/o   hypophysis, pituitary  
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hyster/o   uterus  
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-ia   condition, state of  
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-iac   pertaining to  
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-iacal   pertaining to abnormal condition  
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-iasis   condition, presence of  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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ichthy/o   fishlike  
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-icle   small, tiny  
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-id   pertaining to  
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-igo   condition  
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ile/o   ileum (third part small intestines)  
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ili/o   ilium (superior, widest pelvic bone)  
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immun//o   safety, protection  
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-in   substance  
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in-   in, not  
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indur/o   to make hard  
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-ine   pertaining to  
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infer/o   downward  
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infra-   down  
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inguin/o   groin  
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ischem/o   hold back  
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insulin/o   insulin  
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inter-   between  
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intestin/o   intestine  
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intra-   within  
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-ion   process of  
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-ior   pertaining to  
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ipsi-   same  
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ir/o   iris  
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irid/o   iris  
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-is   structure, thing, noun ending  
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is/o   equal  
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isch/o   hold back, suppress  
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ischi/o   ischium (lower part of pelvic bone)  
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-ism   condition, state of  
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-ismus   spasm  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-itic   pertaining to  
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-ity   noun ending  
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-ium   structure, membrane  
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-ive   pertaining to  
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-ization   process  
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jejun/o   second part of small intestine jejunum  
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jugul/o   throat, neck  
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kal/i   potassium  
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kary/o   nucleus  
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karat/o   hard, horny, cornea  
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ket/o   ketone  
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keton/o   ketone  
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-kine   movement  
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-kinesis   movement  
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-kinin   movement substance  
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klept/o   to steal, stealing  
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kyph/o   roundback  
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labi/o   lips, labia  
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labyrith/o   labyrinth (inner ear_  
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lacrim/o   tear  
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lact/o   milk  
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-lalia   condition of babbling  
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lamin/o   lamina, thin plate  
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lapar/o   abdomen  
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-lapse   fall  
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laryng/o   larynx (voice box)  
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later/o   side  
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leiomy/o   smooth visceral muscle  
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-lepsy   seizure  
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-leukin   white substance  
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leuk/o   white  
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levo-   left  
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lex/o   word, speech  
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ligament/o   ligament  
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ligat/o   to tie, tying  
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-ligation   tying  
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limb/o   limbus  
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lingu/o   tongue  
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lip/o   fat  
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lipid/o   lipid, fat  
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-listhesis   slipping  
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lith/o   stone, calculus  
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-lithotomy   cutting out a stone  
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lob/o   lobe, section  
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lobul/o   small lobe  
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log/o   study  
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-logist   one who specializes in the study of  
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-logous   pertaining to origin  
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-logy   study of  
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long/o   long  
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lord/o   swayback  
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lumb/o   lower back, lumbar spine  
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lumin/o   lumen (space within vessel)  
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lun/o   moon  
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lymph/o   lymph  
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lymphaden/o   lymph gland (lymph node)  
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lymphangi/o   lymph vessel  
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lymphat/o   lymph  
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lys/o   breakdown, dissolve  
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-lysis   breaking down, dissolving, loosening, freeing from adhesions  
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-lytic   pertaining to breaking down  
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macro-   large  
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macul/o   macula, macule, macula lutea, spot  
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mal-   bad, poor  
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-malacia   softening  
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maleol/o   distal process lower leg, little malleolus  
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mamm/o   breast  
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mandibul/o   mandibular (lower jaw)  
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-mania   condition of madness  
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man/o   pressure, scanty  
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man/u, man/i   hand  
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manubri/o   manubrium of the breastbone, handle  
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mast/o   breast  
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mastoid/o   mastoid process  
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maxill/o   maxilla (upper jaw bone)  
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maxim/o   large  
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meat/o   meatus (opening)  
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medi/o   middle  
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mediastin/o   mediastinum (space between lungs)  
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medull/o   medulla, inner portion  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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mean/o   black, dark  
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men/o   menstruation, menses  
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mening/o   meninges  
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meningi/o   meninges  
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menisc/o   meniscus, crescent  
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menstru/o   menstruation  
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ment/o   mind, chin  
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mer/o   thigh  
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mesenter/o   mesentery, midgut  
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meta-   beyond, change  
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metacarp/o   metacarpus (hand bone)  
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metatars/o   metatarsus (foot bone)  
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-meter   instrument to measure  
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metr/o   uterus, measure  
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metri/o   uterus  
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-metry   measuing  
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micro-   small  
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mid-   middle  
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mi/o   to close, constrict  
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-mileusis   carving  
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mitochondri/o   mitochondria  
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mol/o   molar  
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mono-   one  
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morb/o   disease  
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morph/o   shape, form  
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muc/o   mucus  
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mucos/o   mucus  
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multi-   many  
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mur/o   wall  
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muscul/o   muscle  
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my/o   muscle, to shut  
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myc/o   fungus  
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mydr/o   dilation  
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myel/o   bone marrow, spinal cord  
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myocardi/o   myocardium (heart muscle)  
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myometri/o   muscle layer of the uterus  
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myos/o   muscle  
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myring/o   eardrum  
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myx/o   mucus  
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narc/o   sleep, stupor  
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nas/o   nose  
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nat/i   birth  
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nat/o   birth, born  
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natr/o   sodium  
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navicul/o   navicular bone  
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necr/o   death, dead  
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neo-   new  
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nephr/o   kidney  
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nervos/o   nervous  
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neur/o   nerve  
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neuron/o   nerve  
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neutr/o   neutral  
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nev/o   nevus, birthmark  
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nid/o   nest  
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noct/i   night  
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nod/o   node, knot  
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-noia   condition of mind  
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non-   not  
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nos/o   disease  
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nuch/o   neck  
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nucle/o   nucleus  
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nulli-   none  
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nyctal/o   night  
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nymph/o   woman, female  
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o/o   ovum, egg, female sex cell  
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occipit/o   occiput  
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occlus/o   to close, closing, a blockage  
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ocul/o   eye  
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odont/o   teeth  
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-oid   resembling, like  
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-ole   small, tiny  
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olecran/o   elbow  
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olig/o   scanty, few  
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-oma   tumor, mass  
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-omatous   pertaining to a tumor  
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oment/o   omentum  
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omphal/o   umbilicus (navel)  
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onc/o   tumor  
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-on   structure  
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-one   hormone, substance that forms  
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oneir/o   dream  
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onych/o   nail  
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oophor/o   ovary (female gonad)  
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ophthalm/o   eye  
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-opia   vision condition  
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-opsia   vision condition  
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-opsy   viewing  
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opt/o   vision  
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optic/o   vision  
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or/o   mouth, oral cavity  
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orbit/o   orbit  
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orch/o   testis, testicle (male gonad)  
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orchi/o   testis, testicle (male gonad)  
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orchid/o   testis, testicle (male gonad)  
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orex/o   apetite  
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organ/o   organ, viscus  
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orth/o   straight, upright  
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-os   condition  
🗑
-ose   pertaining to, full of  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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oss/i   bone  
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osse/o   bone  
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ossicul/o   ossicle (tiny bone)  
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oste/o   bone  
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-osus   noun ending  
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ot/o   ear  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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ov/i   ovum (egg) (female sex cell)  
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ov/o   ovum (egg) (female sex cell)  
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ovari/o   ovary (female gonad)  
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ovul/o   ovum (female sex cell)  
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ox/i, ox/o   oxygen  
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oxy-   oxygen  
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palat/o   palate,roof of mouth, palatine bone  
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pallid/o   globus pallidum  
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palm/o   palm  
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palpebr/o   eyelid  
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pan-   all  
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pancreat/o   pancreas  
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papill/o   papilla, nipple, optic disk  
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papul/o   papule, pimple  
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par-   beside, near  
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-para   delivery,parturition  
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para-   near, beside, abnormal  
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parathyroid/o   parathyroid  
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parenchym/o   parenchyma  
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-paresis   slight paralysis  
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-pareunia   intercourse  
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pariet/o   wall, partition  
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part/o   parturition, delivery  
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-partum   parturition, delivery  
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patell/o, patell/a   patella (kneecap)  
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path/o   disease  
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-pathy   disease process  
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patul/o   open  
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-pause   stop, cease  
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pector/o   chest  
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ped/o   foot, child  
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pedicul/i   lice  
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pelv/i, pelv/o   pelvis  
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pen/i   penis  
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-penia   condition of deficiency  
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-pepsia   digestion  
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per-   through  
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peri-   surrounding, around  
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pericardi/o   sac surrounding the heart, pericardium  
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perimetri/o   perimetrium, outer layer of uterus  
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perine/o   perineum  
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peritone/o   peritoneum  
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perone/o   fibula, lower lateral leg bone  
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petros/o   petrous bone  
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petr/o   stone  
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-pexy   fixation, suspension  
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phac/o   lens  
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phag/o   to eat, swallow  
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-phagia   condition of eating, swallowing  
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phak/o   lens  
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phalang/o   phalanx (finger/toe bones)  
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phall/o   penis  
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pharmac/o   drug  
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pharyng/o   pharynx (throat)  
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phas/o   speech  
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phe/o   dark  
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=phil   attraction  
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phil/o   attraction  
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-philia   condition of attraction  
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phleb/o   vein  
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-phobia   condition of fear, extreme sensitivity  
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phon/o   sound, voice  
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phor/o   to carry, to bear  
🗑
phot/o   light  
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phren/o   diaphragm, mind, phrenic nerve  
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-phthisis   wasting  
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physi/o   growth  
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-physis   growth  
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phyt/o   growth  
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pil/o   hair  
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pineal/o   pineal body (gland)  
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pituit/o   pituitary gland  
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pituitar/o   pituitary  
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placent/o   placenta  
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-plakia   condition of patches  
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plant/o   sole of foot  
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plas/o   formation  
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-plasia   condition of formation, development  
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-plasm   condition of formation  
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plasm/a   plasma  
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plasm/o   plasma  
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plast/o   formation  
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-plastic   pertaining to formation  
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-plastin   forming substance  
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-plasty   surgically forming  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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pleur/o   pleura, membrane surrounding lungs  
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-plication   fold, plica  
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-pnea   breathing  
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pne/o   to breathe, breathing  
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pneum/o   lung, air  
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pneumat/o   lung, air  
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pneumon/o   lung  
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-poiesis   formation,production  
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-poietin   forming substance  
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pol/o   pole  
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pollic/o   plooex (thumb)  
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poli/o   gray, grey  
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poly-   many, much, excessive, frequent  
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polyp/o   polyp  
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poplite/o   back of knee  
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por/o   passage  
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port/o   gate  
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post-   behind, after  
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poster/o   back  
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posth/o   foreskin  
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prax/o   purposeful movement  
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pre-   before, in front of  
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precordi/o   precordium  
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preputi/o   prepuce (foreskin)  
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presby-   old age  
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primi-   first  
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pro-   forward, in front of, in favor of  
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proct/o   rectum and anus  
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prolactin/o   prolactin  
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prostat/o   prostate  
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proxim/o   near  
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prurit/o   itching  
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psych/o   mind  
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pteryg/o   wing  
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-ptosis   drooping, prolapse, falling  
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ptyal/o   saliva  
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-ptysis   spitting  
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pub/o   pubis, anterior pelvic bone  
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puerper/o   puerperium  
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pulmon/o   lung  
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pupil/o   pupil  
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purpur/o   purple  
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pustul/o   pustule  
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py/o   pus  
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pyel/o   renal pelvis  
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pylor/o   pylorus  
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pyr/o   fever, fire  
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quadri-   four  
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rach/i, rachi/o   spinalcolumn, bacbone  
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radi/o   radius (lower lateral arm bone)  
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radicul/o   nerve root, spinal nerve root  
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re-   back, backward, again  
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rect/o   rectum, straight  
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ren/o   kidney  
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retin/o   retina  
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retro-   backward  
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rhabdomy/o   striated (skeletal) muscle  
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rheumat/o   watery flow  
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rhin/o   nose  
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rhiz/o   spinal nerve root, nerve root  
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rhythm/o   rhythm  
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rhytid/o   wrinkle  
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rib/o   ribose  
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rot/o   wheel  
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-rrhagia, prrhage   bursting forth  
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-rrhagic   pertaining to bursting forth  
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-rrhaphy   suturing  
🗑
-rrhea   discharge, flow  
🗑
-rrheic   pertaining to discharge  
🗑
-rrhexis   rupture  
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rug/o   rugae, ridge  
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sacr/o   sacrum  
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sagitt/o   arrow, separating the sides  
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salping/o   tube, fallopian or eustachian  
🗑
-salpinx   tube, fallopian or eustachian  
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sarc/o   flesh  
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-sarcoma   connective tissue cancer  
🗑
scaphoid/o   scaphoid bone  
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scapul/o   scapula (shoulder blade)  
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-schisis   split  
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schiz/o   split  
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scler/o   sclera, hard  
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-sclerosis   abnormal condition of hardening  
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scoli/o   curvature  
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-scope   instrument to view  
🗑
-scopic   pertaining to viewing  
🗑
-scopy   viewing  
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scot/o   dark, darkness  
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scrot/o   scrotum (sac holding testes)  
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sebac/o   sebum, oil  
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seb/o   sebum,oil  
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semi-   half  
🗑
semin/i   semen  
🗑
sensor/i   sense  
🗑
sept/o   septum, wall, partition  
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septic/o   infection  
🗑
sequestr/o   sequestrum (bone fragment)  
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ser/o   serum  
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serrat/o   notched  
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sial/o   saliva  
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sialaden/o   salivary gland  
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sialodoch/o   salivary duct  
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sider/o   iron  
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-siderin   iron substance  
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sigmoid/o   sigmoid colon  
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sin/o   sinus, cavity  
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sinistr/o   left  
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sinus/o   sinus, cavity  
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-sis   state of, condition  
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skelet/o   skeleton  
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somat/o   body  
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-some   body  
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som/o   body  
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somn/o   sleep  
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-spadias   a rent or tear  
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-spasm   spasm, sudden, involuntary contraction  
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sperm/o   spermatozoon (male sex cell)  
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spermat/o   spermatozoon (male sex cell)  
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sphenoid/o, sphen/o   sphenoid  
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spher/o   sphere  
🗑
spin/o   spine  
🗑
spir/o   to breathe,breathing  
🗑
splen/o   spleen  
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spondyl/o   vertebra, backbone,spine  
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squam/o   scaly  
🗑
-stalsis   contraction  
🗑
staped/o   stapes (third ossicle in ear)  
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-stasis   controlling,stopping  
🗑
steat/o   fat  
🗑
-stenosis   abnormal condition of narrowing  
🗑
ster/o   steroid  
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stern/o   sternum (breastbone)  
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steth/o   chest  
🗑
-sthenia   condition of strength  
🗑
stiti/o   space  
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stom/o   an opening, a mouth  
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stomat/o   mouth, oral cavity  
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-stomy   making a new opening  
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strom/o   stroma (supportive tissue)  
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styl/o   styloid process (temporal bone)  
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sub-   under, below  
🗑
sudor/i   sweat  
🗑
sulc/o   sulcus, groove  
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super/o   upward  
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supra-   upward, above  
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sur/o   calf  
🗑
sympath/o   to feel with  
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syn-   together, joined  
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syndesm/o   ligament (structure connecting bone)  
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synovi/o   synovium  
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synov/o   synovial membrane  
🗑
-synthesis   bring together  
🗑
system/o   system  
🗑
tachy-   fast, rapid  
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tal/o   talus bone  
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tars/o   tarsus (ankle bone), flat surface  
🗑
tax/o   order, coordination,  
🗑
tel/e   end, far, complete  
🗑
tempor/o   temporal bone  
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ten/o   tendon (structure connecting bones)  
🗑
tend/o   tendon (structure connecting bones)  
🗑
tendin/o   tendon (structure connection bones)  
🗑
tens/o   stretching, pressure  
🗑
-tension   process of stretching, pressure  
🗑
terat/o   deformity  
🗑
test/o   testis, testicle (male gonad)  
🗑
testicul/o   testis, testicle (male gonad)  
🗑
tetra-   four  
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thalam/o   thalamus  
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thalass/o   sea  
🗑
thel/e   nipple  
🗑
-therapy   treatment  
🗑
therm/o   heat, temperature  
🗑
thorac/o   thorax (chest)  
🗑
-thorax   chest (pleural cavity)  
🗑
thromb/o   clotting, clot  
🗑
-thrombin   clotting substance  
🗑
thym/o   thymus gland, mind  
🗑
-thymia   condition, state of mind  
🗑
thyr/o   thyroid gland, shield  
🗑
thyroid/o   thyroid gland  
🗑
tibi/o   tibia (shinbone)  
🗑
-tic   pertaining to  
🗑
till/o   to pull  
🗑
tinnit/o   jingling  
🗑
-tion   process of  
🗑
-tocia   parturition, delivery  
🗑
-tome   instrument to cut  
🗑
-tomy   cutting  
🗑
ton/o   tension, tone  
🗑
tonsil/o   tonsil  
🗑
top/o   place, location  
🗑
tox/o   poison  
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toxic/o   poison  
🗑
trabecul/o   little beam  
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trache/o   trachea (windpipe)  
🗑
trachel/o   uterine cervix  
🗑
tarct/o   to pull, pulling, tract, pathway  
🗑
trans-   through, across  
🗑
-tresia   condition of an opening  
🗑
tri-   three  
🗑
trich/o   hair  
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trigon/o   trigone  
🗑
-tripsy   crushing  
🗑
-tripter   machine to crush  
🗑
-trite   instrument to crush  
🗑
trochanter/o   trochanter  
🗑
trop/o   to turn, turning  
🗑
troph/o   development, nourishment  
🗑
-trophy   process of nourishment  
🗑
tub/o   tube, pipe  
🗑
tubercul/o   tubercle, a swelling  
🗑
turbin/o   turbinate bone  
🗑
tympan/o   eardrum, drum  
🗑
-ule   small  
🗑
uln/o   ulna (outer medial arm bone)  
🗑
-um   structure, thing, membrane  
🗑
umbilic/o   umbilicus (navel)  
🗑
ungu/o   nail  
🗑
uni-   one  
🗑
-ure   condition  
🗑
ur/o   urine, urinary system  
🗑
ureter/o   ureter  
🗑
urethr/o   urethra  
🗑
-uria   urinary condition  
🗑
urin/o   urine,urinary system  
🗑
-us   structure, thing  
🗑
uter/o   uterus  
🗑
utve/o   uvea  
🗑
uvul/o   uvula  
🗑
vag/o   vagus nerve  
🗑
vagin/o   vagina  
🗑
valv/o   valve  
🗑
valvul/o   valve  
🗑
varic/o   varices  
🗑
vas/o   vessel, ductus deferens, vas deferens  
🗑
vascul/o   vessel  
🗑
ven/o   vein  
🗑
ventr/o   belly side  
🗑
ventricul/o   ventricle  
🗑
venul/o   venule, small vein  
🗑
verm/o   worm  
🗑
vers/o   to turn  
🗑
-verse   to turn  
🗑
-version   process of turning  
🗑
vert/o   turn  
🗑
vertebr/o   vertebra, spine, backbone  
🗑
vesic/o   bladder  
🗑
vesicul/o   small sac, seminal vesicle, blister  
🗑
vestibul/o   vestibule (small space at entrance to canal)  
🗑
vill/o   vilus  
🗑
viscer/o   viscera, organ  
🗑
vitre/o, vitr/o   vitreous, humor, glassy  
🗑
vol/o   volume  
🗑
vomer/o   vomer  
🗑
vulgar/o   common  
🗑
vuls/o   to pull  
🗑
vulv/o   vulva (external female genitalia)  
🗑
xen/o   foreign  
🗑
xer/o   dry  
🗑
xiph/i, xiph/o   xiphoid process, sword  
🗑
-y   condition, process of  
🗑
-zation   process of  
🗑
zo/o   animal  
🗑
zygom/o   zygoma (cheekbone)  
🗑
zygomat/o   zygoma (cheekbone)  
🗑
zygomatic/o   zygomaticus (cheek muscle)  
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