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134 Cards in this Set
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Aden/o |
Gland |
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Arthur/o |
Joint |
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Bi/o |
Life |
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Carcin/o |
Cancerous, cancer |
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Cardi/o |
Heart |
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Cephal/o |
Head |
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Cerebr/o |
Cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
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Cis/o |
Tu cut |
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Crin/o |
to secrete (to form and give off) |
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Cyst/o |
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid) |
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Cyt/o |
Cell |
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Derm/o |
Skin |
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Dermat/o |
Skin |
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Electr/o |
Electricity |
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Encephal/o |
Brain |
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Enter/o |
Intestines ( usually the small intestine) |
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erythr/o |
Red |
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Gastr/o |
Stomach |
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Glyc/o |
Sugar |
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Gnos/o |
Knowledge |
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Gynec/o |
Woman, female |
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Hemat/o Hem/o |
Blood |
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Hepat/o |
Liver |
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iatr/o |
Treatment, physician |
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Leuk/o |
White |
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Log/o |
Study of |
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Nephr/o |
Kidney |
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Neur/o |
Nerve |
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Onc/o |
Tumor ( cancerous) |
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Ophthalm/o |
Eye |
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Oste/o |
Bone |
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Path/o |
Disease |
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Ped/o |
Child |
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Psych/o |
Mind |
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Radi/o |
X-rays |
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Ren/o |
Kidney |
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Rhin/o |
Nose |
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Sarc/o |
Flesh |
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Sect/o |
To cut |
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Thromb/o (platelets) |
Clot, clotting |
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Ur/o |
Urinary tract, urine |
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abdomin/o |
Abdomen |
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adip/o |
Fat |
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anter/o |
Front |
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cervic/o |
Neck ( of the body or uterus) |
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chondr/o |
Cartilage (type of connective tissue) |
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chrom/o |
Color |
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Coccyg/o |
Coccyx (tailbone) |
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crani/o |
Skull |
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Cyt/o |
Cell |
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dist/o |
Far, distance |
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dors/o |
Back portion of the body |
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hist/o |
Tissue |
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ili/o |
ilium (upper part of the pelvic bone) |
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inguin/o |
Groin |
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kary/o |
Nucleus |
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later/o |
Side |
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lumb/o |
Lower back (side and back between the ribs and pelvis) |
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medi/o |
Middle |
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nucle/o |
Nucleus |
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pelv/i |
Pelvis |
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poster/o |
Back, behind |
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proxim/o |
Nearest |
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sacr/o |
Sacrum |
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sarc/o |
Flesh |
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spin/o |
Spine, backbone |
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thel/o theli/o |
Nipple |
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thorac/o |
Chest |
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trache/o |
Trachea, windpipe |
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umbilic/o |
Navel, umbilicus |
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ventr/o |
Bellyside of the body |
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vertebr/o |
Vertebra(e), backbones |
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viscer/o |
Internal organs |
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acr/o |
Extremities, top, extreme point |
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acu/o |
Sharp, severe, sudden |
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amni/o |
Amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
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angi/o |
Vessel |
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arteri/o |
Artery |
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axill/o |
Armpit |
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blephar/o |
Eyelid |
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bronch/o |
Bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs) |
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chem/o |
Drug, chemical |
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chron/o |
Time |
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col/o |
Colon (large intestine) |
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hem/o |
Blood |
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hydr/o |
Water, fluid |
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isch/o |
To hold back |
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lapar/o |
Abdomen, abdominal wall |
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laryng/o |
Larynx |
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lymph/o |
Lymph |
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mamm/o |
Breast |
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mast/o |
Breast |
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morph/o |
Shape, form |
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muc/o |
Mucus |
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my/o |
Muscle |
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myel/o |
Spinal cord, bone marrow (context of usage indicates the meaning intended) |
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necr/o |
Death (of cells or whole body) |
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neutr/o |
Neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
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ot/o |
Ear |
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peritone/o |
Peritoneum |
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phag/o |
To eat, swallow |
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phleb/o |
Vein |
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plas/o |
Formation, development |
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pleur/o |
Pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall) |
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pneumon/o |
Lungs |
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pulmon/o |
Lungs |
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rect/o |
Rectum |
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splen/o |
Spleen |
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staphyl/o |
Clusters |
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strept/o |
Twisted chains |
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thorac/o |
Chest |
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tonsill/o |
Tonsils |
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ven/o |
Vein |
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carp/o |
Wrist bones |
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cost/o |
Rib |
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cutane/o |
Skin |
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dactyl/o |
Fingers, toes |
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duct/o |
To lead, carry |
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flex/o |
To bend |
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gloss/o |
Tongue |
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immun/o |
Protection |
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mort/o |
Death |
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nat/i |
Birth |
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norm/o |
Rule, order |
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ox/o |
Oxygen |
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pub/o |
Pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone |
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seps/o |
Infection |
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somn/o |
Sleep |
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son/o |
Sound |
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the/o |
To put, place |
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thyr/o |
Thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled a shield to those who named it) |
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top/o |
Place, position, location |
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tox/o |
Poison |
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urethr/o |
Urethra |
