first part of medical terminology

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xer/o

dry

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-logist

specialist in the study of

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-logy

study of

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gloss/o

tongue

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lingu/o

tongue

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bucc/o

cheek

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cheil/o

lip

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labi/o

lip

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dent/o

teeth

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odont/o

teeth

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gingiv/o

gum(S)

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sail/o

salvia, salivary gland

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esophag/o

esophagus

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pharyng/o

pharynx (throat)

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pylor/o

pylorus

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duoden/o

duodenum (first part of small intestine)

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enter/o

intestine

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jejun/o

jejunum

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ile/o

ileum

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append/o

appendix

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appendic/o

appendix

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col/o

colon

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colon/o

colon

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sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

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rect/o

rectum

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proct/o

anus, rectum

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an/o

anus

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hepat/o

liver

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pancreat/o

pancreas

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cholangi/o

bile vessel

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chol/e

bile, gall

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cholecyst/o

gallbladder

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choledoch/o

bile duct

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-orexia

appetite

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-pepsia

digestion

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-phagia

swallowing, eating

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-prandial

meal

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nas/o

nose

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rhin/o

nose

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sept/o

septum

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sinus/o

sinus cavity

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adeniod/o

adenoids

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tonsil/o

tonsils

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epiglott/o

epiglottis

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trache/o

trachea

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bronchi/o

bronchus

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bronch/o

bronchus

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bronchiol/o

bronchiole

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alveol/o

alveolus; air sac

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pleur/o

pleura

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pneum/o

air; lung

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pneumon/o

air, lung

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pulmon/o

lung

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anthrac/o

coal, coal dust

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atel/o

incomplete; imperfect

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coni/o

dust

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lob/o

lobe

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orth/o

straight

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ox/o

oxygen

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pector/o

chest

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steth/o

chest

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thorac/o

chest

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phren/o

diaphragm, mind

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spir/o

breathe

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-capnia

carbon dioxide

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-osmia

smell

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-phonia

voice

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-pnea

breathing

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-ptysis

spitting

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brandy-

slow

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dys-

bad, painful, difficult

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eu-

good, normal

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tachy-

rapid

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aneurysm/o

aneurysm (widen blood vessel)

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angi/o

vessel (usually blood or lympth)

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vascul/o

vessel

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aort/o

aorta

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arteri/o

artery

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arteriol/o

arteriole

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atri/o

atrium

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ather/o

fatty plaque

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cardi/o

heart

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coron/o

heart

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electr/o

electricity

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embol/o

embolus

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hemangi/o

blood vessel

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phleb/o

vein

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ven/o

vein

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sphym/o

pulse

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sten/o

narrowing, stricuture

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thromb/o

blood clot

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valv/o

valve

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valvul/o

valve

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ventricul/o

ventricle (of heart or brain)

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-cardia

heart condition

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-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

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endo-

in, within

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extra-

outside

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peri-

around

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trans-

across