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-plasty
surgical repair
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acr/o
extremities
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oste/o
bone
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cost/o
rib
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crani/o
skull
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-ectomy
surgical removal; excision
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chondr/o
cartilage
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arthr/o
joint
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-porosis
abnormal condition of small holes
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tars/o
ankle
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my/o
muscle
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ambul/o
to walk
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kinesi/o, kines/o
movement
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therm/o
heat or temperature
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tens/o
stretched; strained
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-esthesia
feeling; sensation
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-trophy
condition of growth
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circum/o
around, surrounding
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-paresis
weakness
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ab-
away; away from
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ad-
toward
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vers/o
turn; turning
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derm/o, dermat/o
skin
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kerat/o
hard, horn-shaped tissue; cornea
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xer/o
dry
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xanth/o
yellow
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erythr/o
red
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pedicu/o
feet
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onych/o
nail
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myc/o
fungus
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pil/o
hair; hair follicle
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lip/o
fat
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rhytid/o
wrinkle
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albin/o
white
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cardi/o
heart
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angi/o
vessel (blood)
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hem/o, hemat/o
blood
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brady-
slow
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tachy-
fast
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thromb/o
clot
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-emia
blood condition
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leuk/o
white
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erythr/o
red
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arteri/o
artery
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an-, a-
not; without
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epi-
on; over; upon
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mega-
large
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iatr/o
physician; treatment
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-pathy
disease
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mono-
one
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tox/o
poison
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-tomy
incision; process of cutting
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-itis
inflammation
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-ic
pertaining to
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-sis
state; condition
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bronch/o
bronchus; bronchial tube
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cyan/o
blue
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laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
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-oxia
oxygen levels
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oxy-
acute; sharp
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pleur/o
pleura; membrane that enfolds the lung
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pneum/o
lung; air
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pulmon/o
lung
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thorac/o
chest
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trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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enter/o
intestines (usually the small intestine)
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col/o, colon/o
large intestine; colon
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hepat/o
liver
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gastr/o
stomach
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or/o
mouth
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-pepsia
digestion
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chol/e
gall; bile
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proct/o
anus
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-cele
hernia; swelling; protrusion
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-lysis
breakdown
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cyst/o
cyst; fluid sac; bladder
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nephr/o
kidney
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ren/o
kidney
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-uria
urination
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-pexy
surgical fixation
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-tripsy
crushing
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pyel/o
renal pelvis
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glyc/o
sugar; glucose
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natr/o
sodium
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tox/o, toxic/o
poison
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aden/o
gland
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crin/o
secrete
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kal/i
potassium
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gonad/o
sex glands
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-dipsia
thirst
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-edema
swelling; fluid retention
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ex/o
external
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home/o
similar
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ultra-
beyond; excess
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neur/o
nerve
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encephal/o
brain
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myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
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ambul/o
to walk
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-esthesia
feeling; sensation
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