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aden/o |
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gland |
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arthr/o |
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joint |
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bi/o |
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life |
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carcin/o |
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cancerous, cancer |
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cardi/o |
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heart |
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cephal/o |
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head |
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cerebr/o |
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cerebrum (largest part of the brian) |
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cis/o |
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to cut |
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crin/o |
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to secrete; to form and give off |
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cyst/o |
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bladder (specifically urinary bladder); a sac or cyst |
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cyt/o |
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cell |
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derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o |
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skin |
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electr/o |
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electricity |
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encephal/o |
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brain |
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enter/o |
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intestines (usually small intestine) |
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erythr/o |
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red |
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gastr/o |
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stomach |
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glyc/o |
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sugar |
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gnos/o |
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knowledge |
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gynec/o |
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woman, female |
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hem/o, hemat/o |
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blood |
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hepat/o |
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liver |
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iatr/o |
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treatment |
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leuk/o |
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white |
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log/o |
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study of |
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nephr/o
ren/o |
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kidney |
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neur/o |
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nerve |
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onc/o |
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tumor |
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ophthalm/o |
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eye |
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oste/o |
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bone |
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path/o |
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disease |
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ped/o |
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child |
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psych/o |
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mind |
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radi/o |
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x-rays |
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rhin/o |
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nose |
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sarc/o |
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flesh |
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sect/o |
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to cut |
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thromb/o |
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clot, clotting |
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ur/o |
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urinary tract, urine |
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abdomin/o |
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abdomen |
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adip/o, lip/o, steat/o |
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fat |
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anter/o |
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front |
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bol/o |
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to cast |
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cervic/o |
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neck (of the body or uterus) |
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chondr/o |
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cartilage (a connective tissue) |
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chrom/o |
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color |
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coccyg/o |
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coccyx |
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crani/o |
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skull |
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dist/o |
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far, distant |
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dors/o |
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back portion of the body |
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hist/o |
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tissue |
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ili/o |
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ilium |
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inguin/o |
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groin |
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kary/o |
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nucleus |
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later/o |
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side |
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lumb/o |
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lower back (sides and back between the ribs and the pelvis) |
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medi/o |
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middle |
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nucle/o |
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nucleus |
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pelv/i |
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pelvis |
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poster/o |
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back, behind |
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proxim/o |
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nearest |
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sacr/o |
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sacrum |
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spin/o |
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spine, backbone |
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thel/o |
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nipple |
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thorac/o |
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chest, thorax |
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trache/o |
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trachea, windpipe |
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umbilic/o |
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navel, umbilicus |
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ventr/o |
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belly side of the body |
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vertebr/o |
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vertebra(e), backbone(s) |
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viscer/o |
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internal organs |
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acr/o |
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extremities, top, extreme point |
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acu/o |
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sharp, severe, sudden |
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amni/o |
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amnion (sac surrounding embryo in the uterus) |
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angi/o |
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vessel |
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arteri/o |
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artery |
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axill/o |
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armpit |
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blephar/o |
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eyelid |
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bronch/o |
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bronchial tubes (branch to left and right lungs from trachea) |
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chem/o |
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chemical, drug |
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chron/o |
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time |
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col/o |
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colon (large intestine) |
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hydr/o |
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water, fluid |
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isch/o |
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to hold back |
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lapar/o |
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abdomen, abdominal wall |
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laryng/o |
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larynx (voice box) |
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lymph/o |
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lymph |
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mamm/o
mast/o |
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breast |
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morph/o |
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shape, form |
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muc/o |
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mucus |
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my/o |
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muscle |
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myel/o |
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spinal cord, bone marrow (context determines usage) |
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necr/o, mort/o |
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death |
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neutr/o |
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neutral (specifically, neutrophil = "neutral loving"; it is a white blood cell) |
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ot/o |
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ear |
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peritone/o |
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"stretched around" (specifically, peritoneum, which surrounds the internal organs of the abdominal cavity) |
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phag/o |
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to eat, swallow |
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phleb/o, ven/o |
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vein |
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plas/o |
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formation, development |
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pleur/o |
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"side of the body" (specifically, the pleurae, which surround each rib) |
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pneumon/o, pulmon/o |
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lungs |
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rect/o |
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rectum |
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splen/o |
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spleen |
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staphyl/o |
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clusters |
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strept/o |
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twisted chains |
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tonsill/o |
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tonsils |
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carp/o |
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wrist bones |
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cib/o |
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meals |
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cost/o |
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rib |
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dactyl/o |
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fingers, toes (digits) |
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duct/o |
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to lead, carry |
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flex/o |
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to bend |
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furc/o |
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forking, branching |
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gloss/o |
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tongue |
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immun/o |
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protection |
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nat/i |
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birth |
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nect/o |
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to bind, tie, connect |
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norm/o |
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rule, order |
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ox/o |
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oxygen |
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pub/o |
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pubis; anterior portion of the innominate |
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seps/o |
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infection |
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somn/o |
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sleep |
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son/o |
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sound |
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the/o |
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to put, place |
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thyr/o |
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thyroid gland; shield (thyroid = "shield-like") |
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top/o |
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place, position, location |
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tox/o |
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poison |
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urethr/o |
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urethra |
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albin/o |
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white |
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caus/o |
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burn, burning |
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cauter/o |
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heat, burn |
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diaphor/o, hidr/o |
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profuse sweating, sweat |
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erythem/o, erythrmat/o |
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redness |
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ichthy/o |
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scaly, dry (fish-like) |
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kerat/o |
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hard, horny tissue |
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myc/o |
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fungus (fungi include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms) |
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onych/o, ungu/o |
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nail |
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phyt/o |
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plant |
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pil/o, trich/o |
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hair folicle, hair |
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py/o |
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pus |
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rhytid/o |
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wrinkle |
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seb/o |
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sebum (oily secretion from sebacous glands) |
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squam/o |
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scale-like, flat |
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xanth/o |
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yellow |
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xer/o |
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dry |
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