Medical Terminology Flashcards (Penta- To Tax/o-)

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Pent/a-

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five

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Peps/o-

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digestion

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Per-

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through

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Peri-

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around

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Perine/o-

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base or floor

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Periton/e-

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that which holds the lower viscera

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Peroneo-

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pin or concerning the lower outside leg bone

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Pes

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foot

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Petech/i-

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small

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Petit

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little illness

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Petro-

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rock, stone, hard

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Phago-

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eat, eating, perverse appetite

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Phalang/o-

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close-knit row (fingers and toes)

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Pharmac/o-

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drug relationship, to drug, medicine

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Pharyng/o-

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throat

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Phas/o-

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speech or speaking

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-phase

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stage

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-pheresis

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withdraw or to separate

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-phile

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love of, to love, love for

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Phim/o-

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to muzzle or muzzling

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Phleb/o-

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vein

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Phob/o-

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fear

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Phoc/o-

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seal

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Phon/o-

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voice or sound

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Phor/o-

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feeling (mental)

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-phoresis

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migration, transport, move, or carry

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Phot/o-

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light

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Phrag/o-

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wall or partition

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Phraso-

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speech or talk

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-phraxia

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stoppage or obstruction

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Phren/o-

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mind or diaphragm

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-phylaxis

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protection or guard

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Physi/o-

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function of or nature of

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-physis

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growth or nature of

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Phyto-

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plant

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Pia-

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gentle

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Pil/o-

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hair

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Pinn/a-

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feather or feather-like

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Pituit/o-

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phlegm or glue-like mucus

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Pityr/i-

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bran (cereal-like scales on skin)

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Placent/a-

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cake

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-plakia

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plate or plate-like

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Plan/o-

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flat or a plane

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Plant/o-

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sole of foot

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Plas-

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growth, development, formation

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-pleg/ia

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paralysis

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Pleur/o-

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side or rib

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-plexy

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paralysis

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-pnea

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breathe or breathing

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Pneum/o-

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lung, air, respiration

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-poie/sis

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to make, form, produce

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Poikil/o-

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irregular or varied shape

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Poli/o-

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gray

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Polllex-

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thumb

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Poly-

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many

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Pons

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bridge

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Por/o-

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cavity or passage (porous)

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Post-

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after or behind

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-pox

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pits

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Prand/i-

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meal or breakfast

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-prax/ia

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movement or action

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Pre-

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before

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Prepuce

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foreskin or hood

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Presbyo-

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old

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Prim/i-

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first

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Pro-

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before

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Proct/o-

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rectum or anus

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Prone-

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to bend forward

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Propri/o-

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property (nerve stimuli or information)

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Prostat/o-

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one who lies before

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Prot/o-

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first

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Proxim/o-

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close or closest

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Prur/i-

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itch or itching

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Pseud/o-

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false

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Psoas

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loin or lumbar

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Psor/i-

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to itch

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Psych/o-

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mind

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Pteryg/o-

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winged

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-ptosis

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to drop, fall, displace

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-ptysis

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spitting or spit

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Pub/o-

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pubis or pubic

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Pulmon/o-

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lung

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Pulp/o-

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solid flesh

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Pupill/o-

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pupil

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Purpur/o-

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purple

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Pyel/o-

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pelvis or kidney

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Pykn/o-

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thick, dense, compact

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Pyl/o-

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gatekeeper

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Pyo-

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pus

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Pyret/o-

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fever

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Quadr/i-

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four

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Quint/i-

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five

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Radi/o-

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ray, spoke, X-ray, radioactivity

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Radic/o-

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nerve root or spinal nerve

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Ray-

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spoke or wave length

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Re-

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again

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Rect/o-

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rectum or straight

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Ren/o-

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kidney

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Reticul/o-

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network

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Retina

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net or net-like

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Retr/o-

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back of, behind, backward, after

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Rhachi/o-

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jointed vertebrae, spine, spinal column

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Rheumat/o-

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discharge or flow through

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Rhin/o-

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nose

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Rhomb/o-

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parallelogram or diamond-shaped

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Rhytid/o-

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wrinkles

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Ricketts/ia-

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bacteria discovered by Howard Ricketts/refers to

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Roent/o-

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x-ray

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Rotat/o-

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to turn or swing around

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-rrhythm

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rhythm or contraction

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Rube/o-

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red

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Rug/a-

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folds

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Sacchar/o-

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sugar

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Sacr/o-

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saucer or sacred bone

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Sagitt/o-

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arrow or arrow-like

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Saliv/o-

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spit

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Salping/o-

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tube, duct, canal

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Sarc/o-

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fleshy

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Scab/o-

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to itch

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Scapul/o-

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shoulder blade

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Schiz/o-

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split or splitting

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Scler/o-

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hardening

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Scoli/o-

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crooked or twisted

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-scope

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an instrument that examines or views

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-scopy

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to examine or view

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Scot/o-

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darkness

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Scrot/o-

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sac or pouch

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Scurvy

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to scratch

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Seb/o-

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oil

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Secreto-

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separating or to separate

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Sect/o-

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to cut

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Semi-

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half

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Semin/o-

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seed or seed producer

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Senil/e-

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old

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Sept/a-

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partition or wall

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Sept/i-

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seventh

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Sept/o-

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poison, infection, decay, putrefy

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Sial/o-

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saliva or spit

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Sider/o-

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iron

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Silic/o-

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silicon carbon particles

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Sin/o-

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cavity

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Sinistr/o-

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to the left or left

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Skelet/o-

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dried up or to attach

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Sole-

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the sole of the foot

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-sol

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in solution or solution

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Som/o-

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body

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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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Spad/i-

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to tear

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction

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Sperm/o-

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sperm

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Spher/o-

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ball, globe, round

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Sphinct/o-

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that which binds together

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Sphygm/o-

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pulse

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Sphyxi/o-

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pulse or lack of pulse

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Spin/o-

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thorn or thorny

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Spir/o-

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breathe or breathing

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Spalnchn/o-

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organ

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Splen/o-

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spleen

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Spondyl/o-

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vertebra

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Sprain

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to wring out or press out

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Squam/o-

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scaly

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-stalsis

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to contract

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Staped/o-

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stirrup

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Staphyl/o-

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grape or grape-like clusters

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-stasis

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stoppage, standing, location

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-stat

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to stop or immediately

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-staxia

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dripping or trickling

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Steat/o-

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fat

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Sten/o-

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narrowing

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Stereo-

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three-dimensional or solid

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Stern/o-

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chest, sternum, or breastbone

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Steth/o-

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chest

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-stole

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contract

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Stomat/o-

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mouth

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Strabism/o-

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to squint or squinting

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Strain

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to draw tight

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Strat/i-

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layer

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Strept/o-

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twisted or twisted chain

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Stri/a-

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stripes or threads

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Strict/o-

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drawing or binding

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Sty/e-

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raised

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Sub-

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beneath, under, less, or lesser

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Sudofer/o-

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sweat

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Sulf/o-

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sulfur

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Super-

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above or upon

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Supinat/o-

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to throw backward

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Supra-

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above or upon

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Sur/a-

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on calf of leg

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Surg/i-

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working by hand

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Suture

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sewing together

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Sym

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together

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Syn-

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together

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Syncope

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to faint or fainting

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Sy/stol/o-

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to draw together or contract

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Tachy-

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fast or swift

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Tal/o-

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ankle

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Tars/o-

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broad flat surface

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Tart/o-

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dregs, sediment, or particles

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Tax/o-

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arrange, to order, to organize, or locate

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