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Term
proxim-
Definition
nearest
Term
scol-
Definition
curved
Term
apo-
Definition
away from
Term
di-
Definition
twice
Term
dia-
Definition
through
Term
eury-
Definition
broad
Term
pect-
Definition
chest
Term
necr-
Definition
dead
Term
mi-
Definition
less
Term
morph-
Definition
form
Term
dis-
Definition
apart
Term
fac-
Definition
make, do
Term
lept-
Definition
slender
Term
lymph-
Definition
watery fluid
Term
meta-
Definition
beyond
Term
-rrhag
Definition
burst, burst forth
Term
sta-
Definition
stand
Term
ton-
Definition
stretch
Term
volv-
Definition
to roll
Term
splanchn-
Definition
internal organs
Term
-rrhe
Definition
flow
Term
med-
Definition
middle
Term
xer-
Definition
dry
Term
per-
Definition
throughout
Term
blast-
Definition
bud
Term
orth-
Definition
straight
Term
gyn-
Definition
female
Term
pachy-
Definition
thick
Term
phrag-
Definition
fence
Term
poster-
Definition
back part
Term
cata-
Definition
down
Term
platy-
Definition
flat
Term
pseud-
Definition
false
Term
schiz-
Definition
split
Term
ventr-
Definition
front
Term
vert-
Definition
turn
Term
eu-
Definition
good
Term
ambi-
Definition
both
Term
amphi-
Definition
around, on both sides
Term
brachy-
Definition
short
Term
capit-
Definition
head
Term
cau-
Definition
burn
Term
clas-
Definition
break
Term
duct-
Definition
tube
Term
fiss-
Definition
split
Term
ger-
Definition
old
Term
heter-
Definition
other
Term
infer-
Definition
under
Term
hom-
Definition
same
Term
olfact-
Definition
smell
Term
adreno-
Definition
adrenal gland
Term
basi-
Definition
base
Term
pelvis
Definition
pelvis
Term
vena-
Definition
vein
Term
urethra
Definition
urethra
Term
utero
Definition
uterus
Term
sacro-
Definition
sacrum
Term
pharyng-
Definition
pharynx
Term
duodeno-
Definition
duodenum
Term
ureter
Definition
ureter
Term
laryng-
Definition
larynx
Term
bronch-
Definition
bronchus
Term
col-
Definition
colon
Term
esophag-
Definition
esophagus
Term
bi-
Definition
two, double, both
Term
tri-
Definition
three
Term
ile-
Definition
ileum
Term
ili-
Definition
ilium
Term
lig-
Definition
ligament
Term
therap-
Definition
therapy
Term
pneum-
Definition
lung, air
Term
phage
Definition
to eat
Term
phren-
Definition
mind
Term
corne-
Definition
horny, hornlike
Term
plak-
Definition
plate
Term
iris
Definition
rainbow ( eye membrane)
Term

pulmon-

pulmo-

Definition
lung
Term
ptyal
Definition
saliva
Term
alveol-
Definition
cavity, socket
Term
oophor-
Definition
ovary
Term
oment-
Definition

covering

(of internal abdominal organs)

Term
sedat-
Definition
quiet, calm
Term
furca
Definition
fork-shaped
Term
radic-
Definition
root
Term
radi-
Definition
ray
Term
fistul
Definition
pipe, a narrow passage
Term
edema
Definition
swelling (by fluid)
Term
dactyl
Definition
finger, toe
Term
metabol(e)
Definition
change
Term
pariet
Definition
wall
Term
-iasis
Definition
condition
Term
trans-
Definition
through/across
Term
brady-
Definition
slow
Term
-ectasis
Definition
expansion
Term
cyt-
Definition
cell
Term
odont-
Definition
tooth
Term
leuk-
Definition
white
Term
squam-
Definition
scale
Term
mening-
Definition
membrane
Term
burso-
Definition
sac
Term
retro-
Definition
backwards
Term
trip
Definition
rub/friction
Term
strept-
Definition
twist
Term
-desis
Definition
binding
Term
mani-
Definition
madness
Term
gloss0
Definition
tongue
Term
-trophy
Definition
development
Term
supre-
Definition
above
Term
-ptosis
Definition
falling
Term
pod-
Definition
foot
Term
malign-
Definition
bad/harmful
Term
adnexa
Definition
ties/connections
Term
ocul-
Definition
eye
Term
lapar
Definition
abdominal wall
Term
dacry
Definition
tear
Term
ment
Definition
mind
Term
part
Definition
labor/bring forth
Term
scler(a)-
Definition
hard
Term
somato
Definition
body
Term
trachel
Definition
neck/or neckline structure
Term
sinus
Definition
hollow space
Term
hypno
Definition
sleep
Term
sept-
Definition
wall/fence
Term
scirr(h)
Definition
hard
Term
lobo-
Definition
section
Term
ou
Definition
both eyes
Term
os
Definition
L eye
Term
helio
Definition
sun
Term
astr-
Definition
star shaped
Term
asthenia
Definition
weakness
Term
facia
Definition
sheet/band
Term
iso-
Definition
equal
Term
tarso
Definition
ankle
Term
tope
Definition
place
Term
ependym-
Definition
wrapping/covering
Term
gravid
Definition
pregnant
Term
aer-
Definition
air
Term
glyco-
gluco-
Definition
sweet/sugar
Term
arter-
Definition
artery
Term
appendic-
Definition
appendix
Term
thyro-
Definition
thyroid
Term
splen-
Definition
spleen
Term
ovario-
Definition
ovary
Term
adreno-
Definition
adrenal gland
Term
hepat-
Definition
liver
Term
arthr-
Definition
joint
Term
blephar-
Definition
eye lid
Term
-ologist
Definition
specialist
Term
rhin-
Definition
nose
Term
gingiv-
Definition
gum
Term
-malacia
Definition
soft
Term
-ology
Definition
study of
Term
spasm
Definition
involuntary contraction
Term
phak-
Definition
lens
Term
an-
a-
Definition
without/not
Term
maxill-
Definition
upper jawbone
Term
trich-
Definition
hair
Term
traumat
Definition
wound
Term
osmo-
Definition
odor
Term
dynam
Definition
power
Term
mechano-
Definition
machine
Term
pre-
Definition
in front of/before
Term
turbin-
Definition
shaped like a top
Term
strict-
Definition
draw tight
Term
amed-
Definition
change
Term
semi-
Definition
half
Term
neo-
Definition
new
Term
hormone
Definition
excite
Term
therm-
Definition
heat
Term
syn-
sym-
Definition
together
Term
vuls
Definition
twitch/pull
Term
post
Definition
after
Term
metr-
Definition
uterus
Term
tegument
Definition
skin/covering
Term
pan-
Definition
all
Term
poly-
Definition
many
Term
ramus
Definition
branch
Term
neuro-
Definition
nerve
Term
cine-
Definition
move
Term
digit
Definition
finger/toe
Term
dors
Definition
back
Term
gangli
Definition
swelling
Term
gemin-
Definition
twin
Term
grad-
Definition
walk/take steps
Term
gran-
Definition
grain/particle
Term
labi-
Definition
lip
Term
micr-
Definition
small
Term
peps-
Definition
digest
Term
pleur-
Definition
rib/side
Term
mamm-
Definition
breast
Term
colla-
Definition
glue
Term
later
Definition
side
Term
rachi-
Definition
spinal column
Term
phob-
Definition
fear
Term
phot-
Definition
light
Term
dys-
Definition
bad
Term
cut-
Definition
skin
Term
en-
Definition
in
Term
peri-
Definition
about/around
Term
thromb-
Definition
lump/clot
Term
ab-
Definition
away from/not
Term
-plegia
Definition
paralysis
Term
ante-
Definition
before
Term
thel-
Definition
nipple
Term
ex-
Definition
out/away from
Term
lien-
Definition
spleen
Term
tumor
Definition
swelling
Term
vestibule
Definition
entrance
Term
puer-
Definition
child
Term
sarc-
Definition
flesh
Term
proli-
Definition
offspring
Term
macro-
Definition
large
Term
lal-
Definition
speech
Term
intra-
Definition
within
Term
inter-
Definition
between
Term
infra-
Definition
beneath
Term
cryo-
Definition
cold
Term
mal-
Definition
bad
Term
glom-
Definition
ball
Term
tens-
Definition
stretch
Term
spas-
Definition
pull/draw
Term
somni-
Definition
sleep
Term
pharmac-
Definition
drug
Term
lumbo-
Definition
loins
Term
salpingo
Definition
tube
Term
enter-
Definition
intestines
Term
-osis
Definition
any condition
Term
-oma
Definition
tumor
Term
tarso
Definition
framework of the eyelid
Term
cheir-
Definition
hand
Term
calc-
Definition
heal/stone
Term
-dyn-
Definition
pain
Term
mast-
Definition
breast
Term
-rrhaphy
Definition
suture
Term
dent-
Definition
teeth
Term
cephal-
Definition
head
Term
gen-
Definition
original/production
Term
cost-
Definition
rib
Term
-gram
Definition
record
Term
acro-
Definition
extremities
Term
rhexis-
Definition
break/burst
Term
carcin
Definition
cancer
Term
-penia
Definition
decrease
Term
-algia
Definition
pain
Term
crani
Definition
skull
Term
end-
Definition
inside/within
Term
hemi-
Definition
half
Term
-oid
Definition
like
Term
hyper
Definition
above/more than normal
Term
cyst
Definition
sac containing fluid
Term
chole-
Definition
bile
Term
hypo-
Definition
under
Term
-scop-
Definition
observe
Term
hyster-
Definition
unterus
Term
-ostomy
Definition
create an opening
Term
para-
Definition
beside/beyond
Term
-lysis
Definition
loosening/destruction
Term
cervic-
Definition
neck
Term
chondr-
Definition
cartilage
Term
cyan
Definition
blue
Term
hem-
Definition
blood
Term
ost-
Definition
bone
Term
psycho-
Definition
mind
Term
lip-
Definition
fat
Term
my-
Definition
muscle
Term
lith-
Definition
stone
Term
opt
ophthalm
Definition
eye
Term
proct-
Definition
anus
Term
bucco-
Definition
cheek
Term
palpebr-
Definition
eye lid
Term
-plasia
Definition
development
Term
cerebr
Definition
brain
Term
path
Definition
disease
Term
-ectomy
Definition
surgical removal
Term
plast
Definition
surgical repair
Term
hydro-
Definition
water
Term
dermat
Definition
skin
Term
over
Definition
egg
Term
-centisis
Definition
puncture
Term
gastr
Definition
stomach
Term
cardi
Definition
heart
Term
megal
Definition
enlarged
Term
-itis
Definition
inflammation
Term
my ring
Definition
ear drum
Term
oto-
Definition
ear
Term
bili-
Definition
bile
Term
GT
Definition
gastrostomy tube
Term
NG
Definition
nasogastric tube
Term
NJ
Definition
nasojejunal tube
Term
spondyl-
Definition
spinal column/vertibrae
Term
epi-
Definition
upon
Term
sphenic-
Definition
wedge
Term
pyle-
Definition
gate
Term
vesic-
Definition
bladder
Term
nephr-
Definition
kidney
Term
hepat-
Definition
liver
Term
arthr-
Definition
joint
Term
blephar-
Definition
eye lid
Term
-ologist
Definition
specialist
Term
rhin-
Definition
nose
Term
gingiv-
Definition
gum
Term
-malacia
Definition
soft
Term
-ology
Definition
study of
Term
spasm
Definition
involuntary contraction
Term
-esthesia
Definition
sensation
Term
cantho-
Definition
angle @ end of eye lid
Term
steno-
Definition
narrow/contracted
Term
cheil-
Definition
lip
Term
-cele
Definition
hernia
Term
benign
Definition
mild, not cancerous
Term
semen
Definition
seed
Term
ceilo
Definition
abdomen
Term
erythro-
Definition
red
Term
vaso
Definition
vessel
Term
melan
Definition
black
Term
cauda
Definition
tail
Term
lingua-
Definition
tongue
Term
umbilie
Definition
navel
Term
histo
Definition
tissue
Term
stoma
Definition
mouth
Term
tympan
Definition
ear drum
Term
pilo
Definition
hair
Term
rug-
Definition
wrinkle/fold/crease
Term
aur-
Definition
ear
Term
acousti-
Definition
hearing
Term
colpo
Definition
hollow/vagina
Term
phon
Definition
voice/sound
Term
leio
Definition
smooth
Term
cor
Definition
heart
Term
ren
Definition
kidney
Term
orchi
Definition
teste
Term
encephal
Definition
brain
Term
thalam
Definition
inner chamber
Term
plexus
Definition
braid
Term
cilia
Definition
eye lash
Term
dendr
Definition
tree/branching
Term
phleb
Definition
vein
Term
physio
Definition
nature
Term
auto-
Definition
self
Term
cec-
Definition
blind passage
Term
macul-
Definition
spot
Term
-pexy
Definition
suspension
Term
onco-
Definition
tumor
Term
or-
Definition
mouth
Term
sub-
Definition
under
Term
spiro-
Definition
coil
Term
lacrim-
Definition
tear
Term
viscero
Definition
organ
Term
lact-
Definition
milk
Term
onycn-
Definition
nail/claw
Term
myel-
Definition
spinal cord/marrow
Term
thorac-
Definition
chest
Term
anti-
Definition
against
Term
myco-
Definition
fungus
Term
hallux
Definition
big toe
Term
-emesis
Definition
vomiting
Term
contra-
Definition
against/counter
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