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Undergraduate 1
06/12/2012
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acanth/0
 Definition
spiny/ thorny
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actin/o
 Definition
light
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alge,algesi,algio,algo
 Definition
pain
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amyl/o
 Definition
starch
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andro
 Definition
masculine
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athero
 Definition
plaque,fatty substance
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bacill/i
 Definition
bacilli, bacteria
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bacteri/o
 Definition
bacteria
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bar/o
 Definition
weight, pressure
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bas/o basi/o
 Definition
base
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bio
 Definition
life
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blasto
 Definition
immature cell
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cac/o
 Definition
bad,ill
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calc/o calci/o
 Definition
calcium
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carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
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chem/o
 Definition
chemical
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chlor/o
 Definition
chlorine, green
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chondrio, chondro
 Definition
cartilage, grainy,gritty
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chore/o
 Definition
dance
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chrom, chromat, chromo
 Definition
color
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chrono
 Definition
time
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chyl/o
 Definition
chyle, a digestive juice
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chym/o
 Definition
chyme, semifluid present durning disgestion
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cine/o
 Definition
movement
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coni/o
 Definition
dust
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crin/o
 Definition
secrete
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cry/o
 Definition
cold
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crypt/o
 Definition
hidden, obscure
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cyan/o
 Definition
blue
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cycl/o
 Definition
circle, cycle, ciliary body
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cyst/o cysti
 Definition
bladder, cyst,cystic dust
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cyt/o
 Definition
cell
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dextr/o
 Definition
right, toward the right
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dips/o
 Definition
thirst
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dors/o dorsi
 Definition
back
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dynamo
 Definition
force, energy
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echo
 Definition
reflected sound
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electr/o
 Definition
electricity, electric
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eosin/o
 Definition
red,rosy
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ergo
 Definition
work
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erythr/o
 Definition
red, redness
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esthesio
 Definition
sensation, perception
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ethmo
 Definition
ethmoid bone
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etio
 Definition
cause
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fibr/o
 Definition
fiber
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fluor/o
 Definition
light, luminous, fluorine
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fungi
 Definition
fungus
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galact/o
 Definition
milk
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gen/o
 Definition
producing, being born
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gero, geront/o
 Definition
old age
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gluco
 Definition
glucose
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glyco
 Definition
sugars
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gonio
 Definition
angle
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granulo
 Definition
granular
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gyn/o, gyne, gyneco
 Definition
women
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home/o homo
 Definition
same, constant
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hydr/o
 Definition
hydrogen, water
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hypn/o
 Definition
sleep
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iatr/o
 Definition
physician, treatment
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ichthy/o
 Definition
dry, scaly, fish
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idio
 Definition
distinct, unknown
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immun/o
 Definition
safe, immune
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kal/i
 Definition
potassium
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karyo
 Definition
nucleus
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ket/o, keton/o
 Definition
ketone, acetone
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kin/o kine
 Definition
movement
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kinesi/o kineso
 Definition
motion
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kyph/o
 Definition
humpback
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lact/o lacti
 Definition
milk
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latero
 Definition
lateral, to one side
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lepto
 Definition
light, frail, thin
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leuk/o
 Definition
white
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lip/o
 Definition
fat
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lith/o
 Definition
stone
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log/o
 Definition
speech, words, thought
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lys/o
 Definition
dissolution
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macr/0
 Definition
large, long
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medi/o
 Definition
middle, medial plane
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meg/a megal/o
 Definition
large, million
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melan/o
 Definition
black, dark
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mes/o
 Definition
middle, median
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micr/o
 Definition
small one-millionth tiny
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mio
 Definition
smaller,less
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morph/o
 Definition
structure, shape
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narco
 Definition
sleep, numbness
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necr/o
 Definition
death, dying
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noct/i
 Definition
night
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normo
 Definition
normal
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nucle/o
 Definition
nucleus
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nyct/o
 Definition
night
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oncho, onco
 Definition
tumor
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orth/o
 Definition
straight, normal
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oxy
 Definition
shape, acute, oxygen
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pachy
 Definition
thick
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path/p
 Definition
disease
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phago
 Definition
eating, devouring, swallowing
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pharmaco
 Definition
drugs, medicine
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phon/o
 Definition
sound, voice, speech
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phot/o
 Definition
light
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physi, physio
 Definition
physical, natural
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physo
 Definition
air, gas, growing
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phyt/o
 Definition
plant
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plasma, plasmo
 Definition
formative, plasma
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poikilo
 Definition
varied, irregular
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pseud/o
 Definition
false
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pyo
 Definition
pus
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pyreto
 Definition
fever
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pyro
 Definition
fever,fire, hear
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radio
 Definition
radiation, xray radius
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salping/o
 Definition
tube
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schisto
 Definition
split
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schiz/o
 Definition
split, division
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scler/o
 Definition
hardness, hardening
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scolio
 Definition
crooked, bent
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scoto
 Definition
darkness
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sidero
 Definition
iron
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sito
 Definition
food, grain
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somat/o
 Definition
body
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somn/o somni
 Definition
sleep
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sono
 Definition
sound
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spasmo
 Definition
spasm
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spher/o
 Definition
round, spherical
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spir/o
 Definition
breath, breathe
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squamo
 Definition
scale, squamous
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staphly
 Definition
grapelike, cluster
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steno
 Definition
narrowness
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stere/o
 Definition
three-dimensional
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strepto
 Definition
twisted chains
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styl/o
 Definition
peg-shaped
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syring/o
 Definition
tube
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tel/o tele/o
 Definition
distant, end, complete
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terato
 Definition
monster
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ther/o
 Definition
heat
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tono
 Definition
tension, pressure
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top/o
 Definition
place, topical
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tox/i, toxico, toxo
 Definition
postion, toxin
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tropho
 Definition
food, nutrition
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vivi
 Definition
life
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xanth/o
 Definition
yellow
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xeno
 Definition
stranger
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xer/o
 Definition
dry
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xiph/o
 Definition
sword, xiphoid
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zo/o
 Definition
life
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zym/o
 Definition
fementation, enzyme
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