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02/09/2023
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arthr/o
 Definition
joint
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
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colon/o, col/o
 Definition
colon, large intestine
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denti/o
 Definition
teeth
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dermat/o
 Definition
skin
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enter/o
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intestine
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erythr/o
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red
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gastr/o
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stomach
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hemat/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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hydr/o
 Definition
water
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hyster/o
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uterus
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immun/o
 Definition
immune, safe
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lith/o
 Definition
stone
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mast/o
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breast
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nephr/o
 Definition
kidney
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neur/o
 Definition
nerve
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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ot/o
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ear
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phelb/o
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vein
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rhin/o
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nose
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scler/o
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hardening
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splen/o
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spleen
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therm/o
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heat
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tympan/o
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ear
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albino/o, leuk/o
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white
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anter/o
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in front, anterior
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caud/o
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tail
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cervic/o
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neck
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cirrh/o, jaund/o, xanth/o
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yellow
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crani/o
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cranium, skull
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cyan/o
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blue
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cyt/o
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cell
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dist/o
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far, farthest from the center point of attachment
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dors/o
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back (of body)
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eti/o
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cause, study of the cause of a disease
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hist/o
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tissue
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home/o
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same, alike
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idi/o
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unknown, peculiar
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infer/o
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lower, below
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later/o
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side
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lumb/o
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spine
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medi/o
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middle
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melan/o
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black
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path/o
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disease
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pelv/i, pelv/o
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pelvis
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poster/o
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posterior, behind
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proxim/o
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near
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somat/o
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body
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son/o
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sound
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thorac/o
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chest
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umbilic/o
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navel
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ventr/o
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belly, belly side
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viscer/o
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viscera, internal organs
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