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08/18/2009

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Term
pyle (pie)
Definition
gate
Term
vesic (vest sick)
Definition
bladder
Term
sphenic (sphinx)
Definition
wedge
Term
myel (mile, narrow)
Definition
marrow, spinal cord
Term
anti (ant eye)
Definition
against
Term
myco (my comb)
Definition
fungus
Term
hallux (my "x")
Definition
big toe
Term
physio (physics book)
Definition
nature
Term
bucco (bucket)
Definition
cheek
Term
palpebr (pile of people)
Definition
eye lid
Term
plusia (play, show)
Definition
development
Term
rug
Definition
wrinkle, fold, creased
Term
aur ("r")
Definition
ear
Term
acoust (hearing aid)
Definition
hearing
Term
colp(o) (cold bow)
Definition
hollow, vagina
Term
phon (phone, voice)
Definition
voice, sound
Term
leio (lei)
Definition
smooth
Term
cor (core)
Definition
heart
Term
ren (rain, kids on knees)
Definition
kidney
Term
orchi (orchid, tests)
Definition
testis
Term
encephal (hen sieve, fall)
Definition
brain
Term
thalam (the lamb, winner)
Definition
inner chamber
Term
plexus (plexiglass)
Definition
braid
Term
cilia (ceiling)
Definition
eyelash
Term
dendr (den door, tree branches)
Definition
tree, branching
Term
phleb (flip chart)
Definition
vein
Term
pilo (pile on)
Definition
hair
Term
histo (his toe, tissues)
Definition
tissue
Term
stoma (stone)
Definition
mouth
Term
tympan (tin pan, ear/drum)
Definition
eardrum
Term
umbilic
Definition
navel
Term
salpingo (sally bingo, innter tube)
Definition
tube
Term
helio (heel)
Definition
sun
Term
astr (astronaut)
Definition
star shaped
Term
asthenia (his thin knee)
Definition
weakness
Term
fascia (face, sheet, band)
Definition
sheet band
Term
iso ("i sew", quail)
Definition
equal
Term
tarso (tar, triangle)
Definition
ankle
Term
tope (top, placement)
Definition
place
Term
pod (pod)
Definition
foot
Term
malign (my leg, bat)
Definition
bad
Term
adnexa (annex)
Definition
ties, connections
Term
ocul (a "kool")
Definition
eye
Term
lapar (apple wall)
Definition
abdominal wall
Term
dacry (daquiri)
Definition
tear
Term
ment (mint, "mine, mine!")
Definition
mind
Term
part (part, laborer)
Definition
labor, bring forth
Term
sclera (scholar)
Definition
hard
Term
somato ("sew my toe")
Definition
body
Term
trachel (tray, coal)
Definition
neck
Term
sinus (sign us)
Definition
hollow space
Term
hypno (hypnotist)
Definition
sleep
Term
sept (sipped)
Definition
wall, fence
Term
scirr (skirt, hard hats)
Definition
hard
Term
antr (ant, tree)
Definition
cavity
Term
crine (cry'n to see the crate)
Definition
to secrete
Term
dura (door, hard hats)
Definition
hard
Term
pneum (name)
Definition
lung
Term
phage (pay)
Definition
to eat
Term
phren (friend, "mine, mine!")
Definition
mind
Term
corne (corn w/horns)
Definition
horny
Term
plak (plaque)
Definition
plate
Term
iris ("I race")
Definition
rainbow
Term
kerat (carrot w/horns)
Definition
horny
Term
pulmon (pull moon)
Definition
lung
Term
ptyal (tile, sail boat)
Definition
saliva
Term
alveoli (owl field, cave in)
Definition
cavity, socket
Term
oophor (over, eggs)
Definition
ovary
Term
oment ("o" men)
Definition
covering
Term
sedut (seated)
Definition
quiet, calm
Term
furca (fur coat, forks)
Definition
fork shaped
Term
radic (radish, rootbeer)
Definition
root
Term
radi (radio)
Definition
ray
Term
fistul (fist)
Definition
pipe
Term
edema (a demon)
Definition
swelling
Term
dactyl (duck tail)
Definition
finger, toe
Term
metabol (met a bull)
Definition
change
Term
pariet (parrot)
Definition
wall
Term
ependym (a pendullum)
Definition
wrapping
Term
gravid (gravity, praying nut)
Definition
pregnant
Term
aer (airplane)
Definition
air
Term
glyco/gluco (glide, coal)
Definition
sweet
Term
tarso (tar)
Definition
ankle, framework of upper eyelid
Term
cheir/chir (care package)
Definition
hand
Term
calc (calculator)
Definition
heel, stone
Term
cine (sense)
Definition
move
Term
digit (dig it)
Definition
finger, toe
Term
dors (doors)
Definition
back
Term
gangli (gang)
Definition
swelling
Term
gemin (gem)
Definition
twins
Term
grad (graduate)
Definition
walk, take steps
Term
gran (grandma)
Definition
grain, particle
Term
labi (lap)
Definition
lip
Term
micr (microphone)
Definition
small
Term
peps/pept (pepsi, readers digest)
Definition
digest
Term
pleur (pliers, pluera)
Definition
rib, side
Term
mamm (mammal)
Definition
breast
Term
colla (cola)
Definition
glue
Term
later (ladder)
Definition
side
Term
rachi (rake)
Definition
spinal cord
Term
phon (foe, fur)
Definition
fear
Term
phot (photo)
Definition
light
Term
dys (dice, bat)
Definition
bad
Term
cut (cut)
Definition
skin
Term
en (hen, Inn)
Definition
in
Term
peri (pear, a bout, a round pear)
Definition
about, round
Term
pro (pro)
Definition
in front of, before
Term
mecano (mechanic)
Definition
machine
Term
dynam (dynamite, power saw)
Definition
power
Term
osmo ("i smoke", "o doors")
Definition
odor
Term
traumat (laundromat)
Definition
wound, injury
Term
trich (trick)
Definition
hair
Term
maxill (makes hill)
Definition
upper jawbone
Term
an, a (an "a", without an "a", not an "a")
Definition
without, not
Term
phak (vaccuum cleaner)
Definition
lens
Term
pre (pray)
Definition
in front of, before
Term
strict (strict)
Definition
draw tight
Term
turbin (turban)
Definition
shaped like a top
Term
ameb ("a me")
Definition
change
Term
semi (semi-colon)
Definition
half
Term
neo (kneel, new carpet)
Definition
new
Term
hormone (harmonize, exit)
Definition
excite
Term
syn/sym (cymbals)
Definition
together
Term
vuls (false, two witches pulling)
Definition
twitch, pull
Term
post (post office)
Definition
after
Term
metr (meter, "you turn us")
Definition
uterus
Term
tegument (tag you men, covered with skin)
Definition
covering, skin
Term
pan (all the food)
Definition
all
Term
poly (polish, many colors)
Definition
many
Term
ramus (ram)
Definition
branch
Term
neuro (nero, nervous)
Definition
nerve
Term
thromb (trombone)
Definition
lump, clot
Term
ab (abe, away from to tie knots)
Definition
away from, not
Term
plegia (pledge, paralyzed)
Definition
paralysis
Term
ante (ant/tear; beef w/oar)
Definition
before
Term
thel (the "L")
Definition
nipple
Term
ex (eggs out of carton, away from)
Definition
out, away from
Term
lien (line, spelling bee)
Definition
spleen
Term
tumor (two more)
Definition
swelling
Term
vestibule (vest/bull)
Definition
entrance
Term
puer (pure gold)
Definition
child
Term
sarc (shark)
Definition
flesh
Term
proli (parolee, off the spring)
Definition
offspring
Term
macro (macaroni)
Definition
large
Term
lal (lollypop)
Definition
speech
Term
intra (introduce)
Definition
within
Term
inter (interpreter, bee in tweed)
Definition
between
Term
infra (infrared oven, bee on its knees)
Definition
beneath
Term
cryo (cry)
Definition
cold
Term
mal (mall, bats)
Definition
bad
Term
glom (glow, balls)
Definition
ball
Term
tens (tents)
Definition
stretch
Term
spas (space, pulling vehicle, someone drawing)
Definition
pull, draw
Term
somni ("saw my knee")
Definition
sleep
Term
pharmac (farm, axe, drugstore)
Definition
drug
Term
lumbo (lumber, lions)
Definition
loins
Term
thorac (throw rock, treasure chest)
Definition
chest
Term
onych (onyx)
Definition
nail, claw
Term
viscero (vice row)
Definition
organ
Term
lacrim (lake rim)
Definition
tear
Term
onco (uncle, two more)
Definition
tumor
Term
pexy (pecks egg, suspended)
Definition
suspension
Term
macul (mack truck)
Definition
spots
Term
cec (seek)
Definition
blind, passage
Term
schiz (skis)
Definition
split
Term
cata (catalog)
Definition
down
Term
amphi (amp, feet around on both sides)
Definition
around on both sides
Term
brachy (brake in shorts)
Definition
short
Term
eu (ukelele)
Definition
good
Term
vert (vertebrae)
Definition
turn
Term
cau (cough)
Definition
burn
Term
otomy ("oh tommy", cut in the wall)
Definition
cut into, incision
Term
pachy (pack)
Definition
thick
Term
platy (plate)
Definition
flat
Term
or (oar)
Definition
mouth
Term
sub (submarine)
Definition
under
Term
oma ("oh ma", two more)
Definition
tumor
Term
rhin (rhino)
Definition
nose
Term
gingiv (gingerbread, chew gum)
Definition
gum
Term
ology (hollow cheese)
Definition
the study of
Term
cyst (sister)
Definition
sac containing fluid
Term
scope (people looking at scope)
Definition
observe
Term
hyster (his stir, "you turn us")
Definition
uterus
Term
hem (hem)
Definition
blood
Term
psycho (motorcycle, "mine mine!")
Definition
mind
Term
basi
Definition
base
Term
ile
Definition
ileum
Term
ili
Definition
ilium
Term
blast
Definition
bad
Term
volv (value, tea/rolls)
Definition
to pull
Term
heter (header, udder)
Definition
other
Term
rrhe (reed)
Definition
flow
Term
fac (factory, make dew drops)
Definition
make, do
Term
osis ("oh sis, air condition)
Definition
air conditioning
Term
rrhag (raging river, bursting balloons)
Definition
burst forth
Term
med (meat, hole in middle)
Definition
middle
Term
eury (urinal)
Definition
bad
Term
mi (mice, lesson)
Definition
less
Term
meta (metal cabinet, becoming)
Definition
beyond
Term
bronch
Definition
bronchus
Term
mening (manage, men's brains)
Definition
membrane
Term
squam (squaw)
Definition
scale
Term
bili (pile)
Definition
bile
Term
oto ("O" toe)
Definition
ear
Term
clas (class, breaks in 1/2)
Definition
break
Term
fiss (fish)
Definition
split
Term
ambi (amp/bee, phonebooth)
Definition
both
Term
duct (duck)
Definition
tube
Term
hom (home)
Definition
same
Term
gyn (gun/gin)
Definition
female
Term
poster (poster)
Definition
back part
Term
extomy (exit tommy)
Definition
surgical removal
Term
apo (apple)
Definition
away from
Term
dis (discus, falls apart)
Definition
apart
Term
di (dye)
Definition
twice
Term
lymph (limp)
Definition
watery fluid
Term
ton (ton)
Definition
stretch
Term
per (purr, throws out)
Definition
throughout
Term
lept (leopard)
Definition
slender
Term
scol (school)
Definition
curve
Term
splanchn ("s" plank, internal organs)
Definition
inner organs
Term
capit (cap)
Definition
head
Term
ventr (vest, front of man)
Definition
front
Term
spondyl (spun doll)
Definition
spinal column
Term
ger (old man)
Definition
old
Term
psued (suit, false teeth)
Definition
false
Term
olfac (oil factory)
Definition
smell
Term
proct (Proctor & Gamble, Anacin's)
Definition
anus
Term
opthalm/opt (up thumb)
Definition
eye
Term
gastr (gas truck)
Definition
stomach
Term
cardi (cards)
Definition
heart
Term
megal (my gal)
Definition
enlarged
Term
itis ("i test")
Definition
inflammation
Term
dermat (door mat)
Definition
skin
Term
cerebr (zebra)
Definition
brain
Term
lact (lacquer)
Definition
milk
Term
spiro (sparrow, coils)
Definition
coil
Term
centesis (cent)
Definition
puncture
Term
hepat (he pat)
Definition
liver
Term
xer (zero, clothes dryer)
Definition
dry
Term
proxim (peroxide, knee, rust)
Definition
nearest
Term
dia (diet pill, hand through it)
Definition
through
Term
morph (mower, roof)
Definition
form
Term
hydro (hydrant)
Definition
water
Term
dent (dentist)
Definition
teeth
Term
mast (mast)
Definition
breast
Term
thyro
Definition
thyroid
Term
appenic
Definition
appendix
Term
arter
Definition
artery
Term
therm (thermometer)
Definition
heat
Term
ovar
Definition
egg
Term
lingua (language)
Definition
tongue
Term
semen (seaman)
Definition
seed
Term
benign (bee "9", melt, not, can)
Definition
mild, not cancerous
Term
leuk (Look magazine)
Definition
white
Term
odont ("oh don't")
Definition
tooth
Term
duodeno
Definition
duodenum
Term
pharyng
Definition
pharynx
Term
sacro
Definition
sacrum
Term
utero
Definition
uterus
Term
urethra
Definition
urethra
Term
vena
Definition
vein
Term
pelvis
Definition
pelvis
Term
adreno
Definition
adrenal gland
Term
ovario
Definition
ovary
Term
splen
Definition
spleen
Term
necr (neck, dead fish)
Definition
dead
Term
sta
Definition
stand
Term
therap
Definition
therapy
Term
lig
Definition
ligament
Term
tri
Definition
three
Term
bi
Definition
two
Term
esophag
Definition
esophagus
Term
col
Definition
colon
Term
laryng
Definition
layrnx
Term
ureter
Definition
ureter
Term
crani (crane)
Definition
skull
Term
enter (enter sign)
Definition
intestines
Term
aden (a den)
Definition
gland
Term
blephar (blue fur)
Definition
eyelid
Term
malacia (my late show)
Definition
soft
Term
algia (algae, window pane)
Definition
pain
Term
melan (melon)
Definition
black
Term
plast (plastic cement, surgeon repair)
Definition
surgical repair
Term
path (path, daisies)
Definition
disease
Term
angi (angel, blood vessels)
Definition
vessel
Term
arthr (art)
Definition
joint
Term
ologist (hollow chest)
Definition
specialist
Term
spasm (space man, forced to sign involuntary contract)
Definition
involuntary contractions
Term
hyper (high purr, cat)
Definition
above, more than normal
Term
chole (coal, coal pile)
Definition
bile
Term
hypo (hippo)
Definition
under
Term
para (parachute)
Definition
beside, beyond
Term
ost (ostrich)
Definition
bones
Term
rhexis (wrecks)
Definition
break, burst
Term
celio (ceiling dome, apple dome)
Definition
abdomen
Term
myrig (my ring, ear/drum)
Definition
ear drum
Term
caudra (cod liver oil)
Definition
tail
Term
vaso (vase)
Definition
vessels
Term
erythro (wreath throw)
Definition
red
Term
infer (inn/fur, under water)
Definition
under
Term
nephr (nephew, kid on knee)
Definition
kidney
Term
pect (pecked, treasure chest)
Definition
chest
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