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Medical Terminology
Word Parts (RETR/O- to -SPASM)
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Undergraduate 3
04/28/2010
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Term
retr/o-
 Definition
back of, behind, backward, after
Term
rhachi/o-
 Definition
jointed vertebrae, spine, spinal column
Term
rheumat/o-
 Definition
discharge or flow through
Term
rhin/o-
 Definition
nose
Term
rhomb/o-
 Definition
parallelogram or diamond shape
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rhytid/o-
 Definition
wrinkles
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richestts/ia
 Definition
rickets like symptoms in joints
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roent/o-
 Definition
x-ray
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rotat/o-
 Definition
to turn or swing around
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-rrhythm
 Definition
rhythm or contraction
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rube/o-
 Definition
red
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rug/a-
 Definition
folds
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sacchar/o-
 Definition
sugar
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sacr/o-
 Definition
saucer or sacred bone
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sagitt/o-
 Definition
arrow or arrow-like
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saliv/o-
 Definition
spit
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salping/o-
 Definition
tube, duct, canal
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sarc/o-
 Definition
fleshy
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scab/o-
 Definition
to itch
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scapul/o-
 Definition
shoulder blade
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schiz/o-
 Definition
split or splitting
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scler/o-
 Definition
hardening
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scoli/o-
 Definition
crooked or twisted
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-scop/e
 Definition
to view or examine/instrument
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-scopy
 Definition
to examine or view
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scot/o-
 Definition
darkness
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scrot/o-
 Definition
sac or pouch
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scurvy
 Definition
to scratch
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seb/o-
 Definition
oil
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secreto-
 Definition
separating or to separate
Term
sect/o-
 Definition
to cut
Term
semi-
 Definition
half
Term
semin/o-
 Definition
seed or seed producer
Term
senil/e-
 Definition
old
Term
sept/a-
 Definition
partition or wall
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sept/i-
 Definition
seventh
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sept/o-
 Definition
poison, infection, decay, putrefy
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sial/o
 Definition
saliva or spit
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sider/o-
 Definition
iron
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silic/o-
 Definition
silicon carbon particles
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sin/o-
 Definition
cavity
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sinistr/o-
 Definition
to the left or left
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skelet/o-
 Definition
dried up or to attach
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sole-
 Definition
the sole of the foot
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-sol
 Definition
in solution or solution
Term
som/o-
 Definition
body
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somn/o-
 Definition
sleep
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son/o-
 Definition
sound
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spad/i-
 Definition
to tear
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-spasm
 Definition
involuntary contraction
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