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Medical Terminology

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abdomin/oabdomenarthr/ojointcarcin/ocancer

acous/ohearingarticul/ojointcardi/oheart

aden/oglandather/oarterycarp/owristbone

adenoid/oadenoidsatri/oatriumcephal/ohead

adip/ofataur/oearcerebell/oceribellum

adren/oadrenal glandaut/oselfcerebr/ocerebrum

aer/oairaxill/oarmpitcervic/oneck

algi/opainbacteri/obacteriachem/ochemistry

amyl/ostarchbalan/oglans penischlor/ogreen

angi/ovesselblast/ojermchole/obile

anter/o frontblepar/oeyelidchondr/ocartilage

aort/oaortabrachi/oarmchrom/ocolor

append/oappendixbronch/obronchusclavicul/ocollarbone

arteri/oarterybucc/ocheeckcoccyg/otailbone

arteriol/oarteriolecalcane/oheelbonecol/ocolon

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colon/ocolondermat/oskingastr/ostomach

colp/ovaginadextr/orightger/oold

coron/ocrownduoden/oduodenumgingiv/ogum

cost/oribsdur/odura mattergloss/otongue

crani/oskullelectr/oelectricgluc/oglucose

crin/osecretionencephal/obrainglyc/osugar

cry/ocoldenter/ointestinegnath/ojaw

cutane/oskinerythr/oredgnos/oknowledge

cyan/oblueesophag/oesophagusgyn/ofemale

cyst/obladderesthesi/osensationgyne/ofemale

cyt/ocellfemor/othighbonegynec/ofemale

dacry/otearsferr/oironhem/o/ablood

dactyl/odigitfibr/ofiberhemat/oblood

dent/oteethfibul/ofibulahepat/oliver

derm/oskingalact/omilkhidr/osweat

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hist/otissuekinesi/omotionmacr/olarge

histi/otissuelacrim/otearsmamm/obreast

hume/ohumeruslact/i/omilkmast/obreast

hydr/owaterlapar/oabdomenmaxill/ojaw

hypophys/opituitary glandlaryng/olarynxmegal/olarge

hyster/outeruslater/olateralmelan/oblack

iatr/otreatmentlei/osmoothmen/omenses

ile/oileumlept/olightmening/omeninges

ili/oiliumleuk/owhitemeninge/omeninges

inguin/ogroinlingu/otonguemetacarp/owristbone

irid/oirislip/ofatmetatars/ofootbone

ischi/oischiumlith/ostonemetr/outerus

jejun/ojejunumlog/ospeachmorph/oshape

kerat/ocornealymph/olymphmuc/omucus

kin/omovelys/odissolutionmuscul/omuscle

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my/omuscleodyn/opainoste/obone

myc/ofungusolig/olittleot/oear

myel/obone marrowonc/otumorovari/oovary

myring/oeardrumonych/onailovi/oovary

nas/onoseo/oeggox/ooxygen

nat/obirthoophor/oovarypancreat/opancreas

necr/odeathophthalm/oeyepatell/oknee-cap

nephr/okidneyopt/oeyepath/odisease

neur/i/onerveoptic/oeyeped/ochild

noct/onightor/omouthpelv/i/ohipbone

norm/onormalorch/i/otestisphac/olens

nos/odiseaseorchid/otestisphag/oeating

obstetr/opregnancyorth/ocorrectpharmac/odrug

ocul/oeyeosm/oosmosispharyng/opharynx

odont/oteathosse/obonephleb/ovein

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phob/ofearpulmon/olungsarc/oflush

phon/osoundpy/opusscapul/oscapula

phot/olightpyel/opelvisschist/ocleft

phren/i/odiaphragmpyr/ofeverschiz/odivision

plas/oformationrachi/ospinescler/osclera

plesi/onearradi/oX rayscler/ohard

pleur/opleurarect/orectumscoli/otwisted

pneum/oair, lungren/okidneysept/oSeptum

pneumat/oair, lungreticul/onetseptic/osepsis

pod/ofootretin/oretinasial/osaliva

poster/obehindrhabd/orodsinestr/oleft

presby/ooldrheumat/ofluxsit/ofood

proct/orectumrhin/onosesomat/obody

prostate/oprostatesacr/osacrumsperm/osemen

psych/omindsalping/otubesplanchn/oviscera

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spin/ospinethym/othymusuter/outerus

splen/ospleenthyr/othyroidvagin/ovagina

spondyl/overtebratibi/otibiavas/ovessel

staphyl/oclusterstoc/ochildvascul/ovessel

stern/osternumtonsil/otonsilsven/ovein

stom/omouthtop/oplaceventricul/oventricle

stomat/omouthtox/i/otoxinvenul/ovenules

ten/otendontrache/otracheavertebr/overtebra

tend/otendontrich/i/ohairvesic/obladder

tendin/otendontroph/ofoodxanth/oyellow

thel/onipplestympan/oeardrumxer/odry

theli/onipplesuln/oulnazo/oanimal

therm/oheatur/ourinezym/oenzyme

thorac/ochestureter/oureter

thromb/oclotturethr/ourethra

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