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07/27/2009
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
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agglutin/o
 Definition
clumping/gluing
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bas/o
 Definition
base (alkaline, opposite of acid)
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blast/o
 Definition
embryonic cell
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chrom/o
 Definition
color
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eosin/o
 Definition
dawn (rose-colored)
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erythr/o
 Definition
red
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granul/o
 Definition
granule
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hem/o
hemat/o
 Definition
blood
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immun/o
 Definition
immune, safe, immunity
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kary/o
nucle/o
 Definition
nucleus
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leuk/o
 Definition
white
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lymphaden/o
 Definition
lymph gland (node)
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lymphangi/o
 Definition
lymph vessel
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morph/o
 Definition
form, shape, structure
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow, spinal cord
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neutr/o
 Definition
neutral, neither
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phag/o
 Definition
swallowing, eating
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plas/o
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formation/growth
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poikil/o
 Definition
varied, irregular
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reicul/o
 Definition
net, mesh
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sider/o
 Definition
iron
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ser/o
 Definition
serum
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splen/o
 Definition
spleen
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thromb/o
 Definition
blood clot
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thym/o
 Definition
thymus gland
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xen/o
 Definition
foreign, strange
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-blast
 Definition
embryonic cell
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-globin
 Definition
protein
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-graft
 Definition
transplantation
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition; increase (usually with blood cells)
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-penia
 Definition
decrease, deficiency
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-phil
 Definition
attraction for
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-phoresis
 Definition
carrying, tranmission
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-phylaxis
 Definition
protection
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-poiesis
 Definition
formation, production
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-stasis
 Definition
standing still
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allo-
 Definition
other, differing from normal
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aniso-
 Definition
unequal, dissimilar
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iso-
 Definition
same, equal
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mono-
 Definition
one
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poly-
 Definition
many, much
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calc/o
 Definition
calcium
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crin/o
 Definition
secrete
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gluc/o
glycos/o
glyc/o
 Definition
sugar, sweetness
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home/o
 Definition
same, alike
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kal/i
 Definition
potassium (electrolyte)
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-crine
 Definition
secrete
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-uria
 Definition
urine
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-dipsia
 Definition
thirst
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eu-
 Definition
good/normal
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exo-
 Definition
outside, outward
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above normal
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hypo-
 Definition
below, under
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cerebr/o
 Definition
cerebrum
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crani/o
 Definition
skull
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dendr/o
 Definition
tree
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encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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gangli/o
 Definition
ganglion (knot/like mass)
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gli/o
 Definition
glue, neuroglial tissue
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lex/o
 Definition
word, phrase
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kinesi/o
 Definition
movement
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lept/o
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thin, slender
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mening/o
 Definition
meninges (membranes covering spinal cord)
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narc/o
 Definition
stupor/ numbness, sleep
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sthen/o
 Definition
strength
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radicul/o
 Definition
nerve root
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thec/o
 Definition
sheath (meninges)
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thalam/o
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thalamus
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ton/o
 Definition
tension
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-algesia
-algia
 Definition
pain
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-asthenia
 Definition
weakness, debility
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-esthesia
 Definition
feeling
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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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-plexy
 Definition
stroke
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-taxia
 Definition
order, coordination
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-trophy
 Definition
development, nourishment
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contra-
 Definition
against
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pachy-
 Definition
thick
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para-
 Definition
near, beside, beyond
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syn-
 Definition
union, joint, together
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uni-
 Definition
one
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