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aden/o
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gland
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amin/o
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amnion (sac of fluid surrounding embryo)
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angi/o
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vessel
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arteri/o
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artery
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arthr/o
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joint
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ather/o
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plaque (yellow fatty material)
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axill/o
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armpit
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bronch/o, bronchi/o
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bronchial tube
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carcin/o
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cancerous
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cardi/o
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heart
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chem/o
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drug or chemical
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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chron/o
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time
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col/o
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colon
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crain/o
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skull
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cry/o
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cold
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder
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elecrt/o
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electricity
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hem/o, hemat/o
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blood
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hyster/o
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uterus
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inguin/o
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groin
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ish/o
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to hold back
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lapar/o
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abdomen, abdominal wall
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laryng/o
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voice box, larynx
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leuk/o
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white
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mammo/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast (with -ectomy and -itis)
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men/o
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menses (period)
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mening/o
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meninges
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord
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necr/o
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death
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oophor/o
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ovary
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oste/o
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bone
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ot/o
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ear
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pelv/o
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hip area
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peritone/o
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peritoneum (membrane surrounding the abdomen)
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phleb/o
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vein
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pneumon/o
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lung
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radi/o
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x-rays
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ren/o
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kidney (with -al and -gram)
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rhin/o
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nose
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salping/o
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fallopian tube
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sarc/o
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flesh
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septic/o
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pertaining to infection
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thorac/o
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chest
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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trache/o
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windpipe, trachea
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ur/o
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urine or urea, urinary tract
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vascul/o
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blood vessel
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