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Anatomy
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05/10/2009

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Term
a (an)
Definition
without, not
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ab
Definition
of, off, away from
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acro
Definition
extremity
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ad
Definition
to toward
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adeno
Definition
gland or glandular
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adipo
Definition
fat
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aer, aero
Definition
related to air or oxygen
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ala, alaris
Definition
wing (pertaining to wing)
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alba
Definition
white
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algia
Definition
pain
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ambi
Definition
both
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ana
Definition
again
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angi
Definition
vessel
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ankon
Definition
elbow
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ankylo
Definition
bent
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annular
Definition
ring
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ante
Definition
before
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anti
Definition
against
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aqua
Definition
water
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arthro
Definition
joint
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articularis
Definition
jointed
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auris, auriculo
Definition
ear, little ear
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auto
Definition
self
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bi
Definition
two
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bio
Definition
live
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blast
Definition
germ, bud
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blepharo
Definition
eyelid
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brachi
Definition
arm
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brachys
Definition
short
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brady
Definition
slow
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brevis
Definition
short
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buccal
Definition
cheek
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bulla
Definition
blister
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bursa
Definition
wine skin
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capit
Definition
head
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cant
Definition
angle, corner
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cardio
Definition
pertaining to the heart
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cauda
Definition
tail
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cec
Definition
blind
Term
cephalic, cephalo
Definition
head
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cervix
Definition
neck
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chondros
Definition
cartilage
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clast
Definition
to break
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cleido
Definition
collar bone
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coccyg
Definition
tail
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coele
Definition
hollow
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col, colo
Definition
colon
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commisure
Definition
joining together
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con
Definition
with, together
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concha
Definition
shell
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contra
Definition
against, opposed
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coracoid
Definition
crow-like
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corn
Definition
horn
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cortico
Definition
bark, shell, rind
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corona
Definition
crown
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costal
Definition
rib
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coxa
Definition
hip
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cranium
Definition
head
Term
cruci, crux
Definition
cross
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crus
Definition
leg like part
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crypt
Definition
hidden
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cubit
Definition
elbow
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cutis
Definition
skin
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cyan
Definition
dark blue
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cyst, cysto
Definition
bladder
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-cyte
Definition
cell, hollow
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delta
Definition
triangular
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dent
Definition
tooth
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derma
Definition
skin
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di-
Definition
double, twice
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Dia
Definition
across, through
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didymos
Definition
twin, testes
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distans
Definition
distant
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dolicho
Definition
long
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dorsum
Definition
back
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ducere
Definition
to draw
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duo
Definition
two
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dura
Definition
hard
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dys
Definition
difficult, impaired
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ecto
Definition
outside
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-ectome
Definition
excision
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-eidos, -oid
Definition
form, like
Term
-emia
Definition
blood
Term
encephalo
Definition
head
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endo
Definition
within
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entero
Definition
intestines
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epi
Definition
upon
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erythro
Definition
red
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ex
Definition
out
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extra
Definition
beyond, outward
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ferre
Definition
to carry
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flav
Definition
yellow
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foramen
Definition
hole
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fornix
Definition
arch or vault like space
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fossa
Definition
trench or channel
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fovea
Definition
pit, depression
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gastro
Definition
stomach
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genesis
Definition
originating, forming
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genua
Definition
knee
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ginglymus
Definition
hinge
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gloss
Definition
tongue
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gloutos
Definition
buttock
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gnatho
Definition
jaw
Term
graph
Definition
something written
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guttur
Definition
throat
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gyn, gene, gyno
Definition
female
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haemo, hemo
Definition
blood
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hemi
Definition
half
Term
hepatos, hepar
Definition
liver
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hetero
Definition
different
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histo
Definition
tissue
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homeo
Definition
alike, unchanging, constant
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homo
Definition
same
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hyalo
Definition
glassy, clear
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hydro
Definition
water
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hyper
Definition
excessive
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hypo
Definition
under
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hystero
Definition
uterus
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infra
Definition
beneath
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inter
Definition
between
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intra
Definition
within
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iso
Definition
equal
Term
-itis
Definition
inflammation
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kerato
Definition
cornea or horn
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kneme
Definition
leg
Term
kondylos
Definition
knuckle
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korone
Definition
crown
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labia
Definition
lip
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lacrima
Definition
tear
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lact
Definition
milk
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lacun
Definition
lake, pit
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lamin
Definition
layer, plate
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leuco
Definition
white
Term
linea
Definition
line
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lingua
Definition
tongue
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lipo
Definition
fat
Term
lith, -lith
Definition
stone
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-logy
Definition
word, reason
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lysis
Definition
destroy
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macro
Definition
large
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macula
Definition
spot
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malleus
Definition
hammer
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mamma
Definition
breast
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masto
Definition
breast
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mater
Definition
mother
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meatus
Definition
passage
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media
Definition
middle
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medulla
Definition
marrow
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mega,-megaly
Definition
large
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mentum
Definition
chin
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mesos
Definition
middle
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meta
Definition
change
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meter
Definition
middle
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metra, metro
Definition
uterus
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micro
Definition
small
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mono
Definition
single
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morpho
Definition
form
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multi
Definition
many, much
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myelo-
Definition
marrow or spinal cord
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myo
Definition
muscle
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nasus
Definition
nose
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natal, -natal
Definition
birth
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necro
Definition
dead
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neo
Definition
new, strange
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nephro
Definition
kidney
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neuro
Definition
nerve
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nigra
Definition
black
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occiput
Definition
back part of head
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oculo
Definition
eye
Term
odont
Definition
tooth
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-oid
Definition
like
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-oma
Definition
tumer, neoplasm
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omos
Definition
shoulder
Term
ophthalmos
Definition
eye
Term
orchio
Definition
testis
Term
origo
Definition
beginning
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orthos
Definition
straight
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os
Definition
mouth
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os
Definition
bone
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osteo
Definition
bone
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oto
Definition
ear
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otomy
Definition
to cut
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ova
Definition
egg
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-oxia
Definition
oxygen
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palma
Definition
palm
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pan
Definition
all
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para
Definition
beside
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paresis,-paresis
Definition
incomplete paralysis
Term
parieto
Definition
wall
Term
path
Definition
disease
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pectoralis
Definition
breast, chest
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pedo
Definition
foot
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peri
Definition
around
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perone
Definition
fibula
Term
phago
Definition
to eat
Term
phalanx
Definition
line or array of soldiers
Term
photo
Definition
light
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phrenic
Definition
pertaining to the diaphragm
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pia
Definition
tender
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pirum
Definition
pear
Term
plantare
Definition
to plant
Term
plasia
Definition
formation
Term
plegia, -plegia
Definition
paralysis
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pleuro
Definition
side, rib
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pneumo
Definition
air, lung
Term
pod
Definition
foot
Term
pollex
Definition
thumb
Term
poly
Definition
many
Term
porta
Definition
gate
Term
post
Definition
after
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pre, pro
Definition
before
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procto
Definition
rectum
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proximus
Definition
next
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pseudo
Definition
false
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ptergion
Definition
wing
Term
pulmo
Definition
lung
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pyo
Definition
pus
Term
quadr
Definition
four
Term
radius
Definition
spoke
Term
ram
Definition
branch
Term
rect
Definition
straight
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ren
Definition
kidney
Term
retinaculum
Definition
rope, cable
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retro
Definition
backwards
Term
rhino
Definition
nose
Term
rostra
Definition
beak, nose
Term
rotare
Definition
to turn
Term
sagitta
Definition
arrow
Term
sarco
Definition
flesh
Term
sclera
Definition
hard
Term
scope
Definition
see
Term
sect
Definition
to cut
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semi
Definition
half
Term
sept
Definition
wall
Term
serra
Definition
a saw
Term
soma
Definition
body
Term
sperm
Definition
seed
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spheno
Definition
wedge
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splancho
Definition
viscera
Term
squam
Definition
scale
Term
stasis
Definition
standing still
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stetho
Definition
chest
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-stomy
Definition
provide opening or mouth
Term
strati
Definition
layered
Term
stylos
Definition
pillar, column
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sub
Definition
under
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super, supra
Definition
over, above
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supinus
Definition
lying on back, face upward
Term
sym, syn
Definition
together
Term
systole
Definition
a drawing together, contracting
Term
tachy
Definition
rapid
Term
temnien
Definition
to cut
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teno
Definition
tendon
Term
teres
Definition
long and round
Term
thermo
Definition
heat
Term
thrombo
Definition
clot
Term
toxo
Definition
poison
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-tome, -tomy
Definition
a cutting
Term
transverses
Definition
placed crosswise
Term
tri
Definition
three
Term
troch
Definition
pulley
Term
-trophic, -trophy
Definition
nourishing
Term
tuber
Definition
a swelling, protuberance
Term
tunic
Definition
covering or coat
Term
tympano
Definition
drum
Term
ulna
Definition
the arm
Term
unguis
Definition
the nail
Term
uro
Definition
urinary
Term
vaginae
Definition
sheath
Term
vagus
Definition
wandering
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vaso
Definition
vessel
Term
vastus
Definition
great, vast
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ven
Definition
vein
Term
venter
Definition
belly
Term
villus
Definition
tuft of hair
Term
vita
Definition
live
Term
vivi
Definition
alive
Term
xiphos
Definition
sword
Term
zoo
Definition
animal
Term
zygo
Definition
yoke, join
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