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Undergraduate 1
08/25/2008
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-asthenia
 Definition
weakness, debility
Term
-esthesia
 Definition
feelint
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-kinesia
 Definition
movement
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-lepsy
 Definition
seizure
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-paresis
 Definition
partial paralysis
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-phasia
 Definition
speech
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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
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-trophy
 Definition
development, nourishment
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-phobia
 Definition
fear
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-mania
 Definition
state of mental disorder, frenzy
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-philia
 Definition
attraction for
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-phoria
 Definition
mental state, feeling
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-thymia
 Definition
mind, emotion
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bi-
 Definition
two
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contra-
 Definition
against
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para-
 Definition
near, beside, beyond
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quadri-
 Definition
four
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uni-
 Definition
one
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astr/o
 Definition
star
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ax/o
 Definition
axis, axon
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dendr/o
 Definition
tree
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gangli/o
 Definition
ganglion
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow, spinal chord
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neur/o
 Definition
neuron
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olig/o
 Definition
scanty
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synapt/o
 Definition
synapse, point of contact
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cephal/o
 Definition
head
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cerebell/o
 Definition
cerebellum
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cerebr/o
 Definition
cerebrum
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cortic/o
 Definition
cortex
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crani/o
 Definition
cranium, skull
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encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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lex/o
 Definition
word, phrase
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medull/o
 Definition
medulla
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mening/o
 Definition
meninges
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radicul/o
 Definition
nerve root
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spin/o
 Definition
spine
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thalam/o
 Definition
thalamus
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thec/o
 Definition
sheath (us. referring to meninges)
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ventricul/o
 Definition
ventricle (heart or brain)
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clon/o
 Definition
clonus
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narc/o
 Definition
stupor, dumbness, sleep
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tax/o
 Definition
order, coordination
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ton/o
 Definition
tension
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dur/o
 Definition
dura mater, hard
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schiz/o
 Definition
split
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somat/o
 Definition
body
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psych/o
 Definition
mind
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phren/o
 Definition
mind, diaphragm
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iatr/o
 Definition
physician, treatment, medicine
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hypn/o
 Definition
sleep
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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-plasm
 Definition
formation, growth
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-penia
 Definition
decrease, deficiency
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-plasia
 Definition
formation, growth
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ana-
 Definition
against
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dys-
 Definition
bad, painful, difficult
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above normal
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hypo-
 Definition
under, below
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meta-
 Definition
change, beyond
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neo-
 Definition
new
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eso-
 Definition
inward
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exo-
 Definition
outside, outward
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hetero-
 Definition
different
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extra-
 Definition
outside
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carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
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leiomy/o
 Definition
smooth muscle
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onc/o
 Definition
tumor
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sarc/o
 Definition
flesh, connective tissue
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hem/o
 Definition
blood
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phag/o
 Definition
swallowing, eating
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leuk/o
 Definition
white
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morph/o
 Definition
form, shape
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-acusis
 Definition
hearing
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-cusis
 Definition
hearing
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-rrhea
 Definition
discharge, flow
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-tropia
 Definition
turning
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-osmia
 Definition
smell
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-opia
 Definition
vision
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-opsia
 Definition
vision
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hemi-
 Definition
one half
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dipl/o
 Definition
double
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presby/o
 Definition
old age
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blephar/o
 Definition
eyelid
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scler/o
 Definition
hardening, sclera
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scler/o
 Definition
hardening, sclera
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dacry/o
 Definition
tear, lacrimal sac
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irid/o
 Definition
iris
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kerat/o
 Definition
horny tissue, hard, cornea
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lacrim/o
 Definition
tear, lacrimal gland
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ophthalm/o
ocul/o
 Definition
eye
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opt/o
optic/o
 Definition
eye, vision
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ambly/o
 Definition
dull, dim
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glauc/o
 Definition
gray
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mi/o
 Definition
smaller, less
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mydr/o
 Definition
widen, enlarge
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phot/o
 Definition
light
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scot/o
 Definition
darkness
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acous/o
audi/o
audit/o
 Definition
hearing
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labyrinth/o
 Definition
inner ear
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mastoid
 Definition
mastoid process
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ot/o
aur/o
auricul/o
 Definition
ear
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salping/o
 Definition
tube
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tympan/o
myring/o
 Definition
ear drum
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-derma
 Definition
skin
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-tome
 Definition
instrument to cut
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dia-
 Definition
through, across
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epi-
 Definition
above, upon
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sub-
 Definition
under, below
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endo-
 Definition
in, within
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adip/o
lip/o
 Definition
fat
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cutane/o
derm/o
dermat/o
 Definition
skin
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hidr/o
sudor/o
 Definition
sweat
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myc/o
 Definition
fungus
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onych/o
ungu/o
 Definition
nail
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pil/o
trich/o
 Definition
hair
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seb/o
 Definition
sebum, sebaceous
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albin/o
 Definition
white
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cirrh/o
jaund/o
xanth/o
 Definition
yellow
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cyan/o
 Definition
blue
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erythem/o
erythemat/o
erythr/o
 Definition
red
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adren/o
adrenal/o
 Definition
adrenal glands
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calc/o
 Definition
calcium
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gluc/o
glyc/o
 Definition
sugar
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kal/i
 Definition
potassium
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toxic/o
 Definition
poison
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-lysis
 Definition
separation, destruction, loosening
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-arche
 Definition
beginning
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-dipsia
 Definition
thirst
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inter-
 Definition
between
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intra-
 Definition
in, within
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supra-
 Definition
above, excessive
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para-
 Definition
near, beside, upon
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-para
 Definition
to bear offspring
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nulli-
 Definition
none
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oxy-
 Definition
quick, sharp
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primi-
 Definition
first
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noct-
 Definition
night
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ket/o
 Definition
ketone bodies
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colp/o
 Definition
vag
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episi/o
vulv/o
 Definition
vulva
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galact/o
lact/o
 Definition
milk
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pyel/o
 Definition
renal pelvis
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cyst/o
 Definition
bladder
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amni/o
 Definition
amnion
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crypt/o
 Definition
hidden
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andr/o
 Definition
male
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balan/o
 Definition
glans penis
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orch/o
orchi/o
 Definition
testes
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vas/o
 Definition
vessel, vas deferens, duct
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gynec/o
 Definition
woman, female
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hyster/o
metr/o
uter/o
 Definition
uterus
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mamm/o
mast/o
 Definition
breast
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men/o
 Definition
menses, menstration
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nat/o
 Definition
birth
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oophor/o
 Definition
ovaries
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perine/o
 Definition
perineum
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porosis-
 Definition
porous
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