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Vocab pt.2
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bary-
weight, pressure
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\-basia
walking
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bas/o
base;opposite of acid
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batho-, bathy-
deep, depth
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bi-
two
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bi/o
life
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bil/i
bile; gall
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bilirubin/o
bilirubin
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\-blast
embryonic; immature cell
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\-blastoma
immature tumor (cells)
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blenn/o
mucus
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blephar/o
eyelid
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bol/o
cast; throw
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\-boulia
will
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brachi/o
arm
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brachy-
short
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brady-
slow
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brom/o
bromine-containing compound, odor
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bronch/o
bronchial tube
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bronchi/o
bronchial tube
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bronchiol/o
bronchiole
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bucc/o
cheek
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bunion/o
bunion
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burs/o
bursa (sac of fluid near joints)
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byssin/o
cotton dust
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cac/o
bad
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calc/o
calcium
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calcane/o
calcaneus (heel bone)
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calci/o
calcium
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calcul/o, calculia
to compute
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cali/o
calyx
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calic/o
calyx
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calor/i
heat
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campt/o
bent
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capillar/o
capillary (tiniest blood vessel)
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capn/o
carbon dioxide
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\-capnia
carbon dioxide
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caps/o, capsul/o
capsule, container
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carcin/o
cancerous; cancer
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cari/o
caries, rottenness
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cardi/o
heart
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carp/o
wrist bones (carpals)
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cata-
down
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\-cataphasia
affirmation
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cathar/o, cathart/o
cleansing, purging
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\-cathisia, -kathisia
sitting
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caud/o
tail; lower part of body
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caus/o
burn;burning
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cauter/o
heat;burn
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cav/o, cavit/o
hollow, cavity
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cec/o
cecum (first part of colon)
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\-cele
hernia
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celi/o
belly; abdomen
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\-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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centr/o
center
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cephal/o
head
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cerebell/o
cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)
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cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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cerumin/o
cerumen
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cervic/o
relaxation
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\-chalasis
relaxation
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cheil/o
lip
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chem/o
drug; chemical
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\-chezia
defacation; elimination of wastes
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chir/o
hand
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chlor/o
green
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chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
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chol/e
bile; gall
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cholangi/o
bile; vessel
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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choledoch/o
common bile duct
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cholesterol/o
cholesterol
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chondr/o
cartilage
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chore/o
dance
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chori/o
chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus)
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chorion/o
chorion
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choroid/o
choroid layer of eye
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\-chroia
skin coloration
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chrom/o
color
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chron/o
time
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chrys/o
gold
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chyl/o
chyle
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chym/o
to pour
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cib/o
meal
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\-cide
killing
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\-cidal
pertaining to killing
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cine/o
movement
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circum-
around
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cirrh/o
orange-yellow
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cis/o
to cut
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clasis
to break
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\-clast
to break
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claustr/o
enclosed space
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clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bone)
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cleid/o
clavicle
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clin/o
to slope; bend
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\-clysis
irrlgation; washing
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coagul/o
coagulation (clotting)
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\-coccus
berry-shaped bacterium
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coccyg/o
coccyx (tail bone)
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