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Medical Word Elements: Phren/o - Rachi/o

4 September 2022

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phren/o

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diaphragm; mind

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-phylaxis

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protection

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-phyll

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leaf

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physi/o

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nature

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-physis

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growth

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-phyte

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plant

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pil/o

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hair

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pineal/o

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pineal gland

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-plakia

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plate

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-plasia

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condition expressing growth, formation, or molding

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plasm/o

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plasm

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plas/o

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development; formation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-plegia

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paralysis

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ple/o

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more; many

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pleur/o

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pleura; side or rib

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-plexy

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strike; paralysis

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-pnea

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breathing

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pneum/o

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lung; air

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pneumat/o

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lung; air

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pneumon/o

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lung

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pod/o

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foot

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-poiesis

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making; production; formation

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poikilo-

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varied; irregular

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poli/o

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gray

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poly-

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many

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polyp/o

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polyp

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-porosis

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pores or cavities

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post-

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after, backwards, located behind

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postero-

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after, backward, located behind

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-prandial

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pertaining to a meal

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-paraxia

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in front of; before

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pre-

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before; in front of

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presby/o

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old age

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primi-

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first

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pro-

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before; in front of

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proct/o

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anus; rectum

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prostat/o

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prostate

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prote/o

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first; protein

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prot/o

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first

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proxim/o

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near

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pseudo-

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false

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psych/o

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mind

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-ptosis

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drooping; sagging; fallen

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-ptysis

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spitting

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pub/o

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pubis

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peuper/o

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childbirth

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pulmon/o

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lung

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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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py/o

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pus

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pyel/o

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renal pelvis

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pylor/o

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pylorus

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-pyorrhea

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discharge of pus

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-pyro

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fever; fire

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quad-

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4

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quadri-

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4

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quint-

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5

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rachi/o

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vertebra